How do we choose to travel?
What is reliable in the rain?
What is our ultimate destination,
for this time, this journey, or
this day?
We move at the speed of life.
Depending on traffic, others
may chose to follow your path,
but not your direction.
© 2021 j.g. lewis
A little cold, little wet,
a little tired and yet
I am here. Still,
full of wonder.
The morning chill leaves
little to the imagination
and much less
to hope for.
Expected, perhaps, as it
always is, this time, this
season is only what
we ask of it.
11/21/2024 j.g.l.
The answers are far less certain
than even last week, to all those
perennial questions or solutions
you might seek.
What do you believe, or
what do you believe in?
Come Monday, you have fewer
questions than you had last week.
For a while there are less doubts
in what you believe.
Whom do you believe in,
and who believes in you?
11/18/2024 j.g.l.
I'm like a pencil;
sometimes sharp,
most days
well-rounded,
other times
dull or
occasionally
broken.
Still I write.
j.g. lewis
is a writer/photographer in Toronto.
Pocket change
feeds the greedy meter,
vending machines: soda pop,
condom, or a packet of gum.
The constant jingle-jangle
trumps empty pockets.
Not wealth; but necessary.
Everlasting value, heavy metal
cold, hard cash. Lucre or lolly,
random coinage, specific amounts;
it is what we carry.
We spend more than our time.
Streetcar fare. Legal tender:
nickels, dimes, quarters,
a dollar or two, even a penny
for your thoughts.
For all it is worth.
Petty cash. Chump change; a pittance.
Spare change? asks the panhandler.
Anything helps.
It all adds up to a valuation
measured in dollars and sense.
© 2022 j.g. lewis
I’m like a pencil;
sometimes sharp,
most days
well-rounded,
other times
dull or
occasionally
broken.
Still I write.
j.g. lewis
is a writer/photographer in Toronto.