Mythos & Marginalia

life notes; flaws and all

j.g. lewis

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a daily breath...

A thought du jour, my daily breath includes collected and conceived observations, questions of life, fortune cookie philosophies, reminders, messages of peace and simplicity, unsolicited advice, inspirations, quotes and words that got me thinking. They may get you thinking too . . .

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.

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Mondays are just young Fridays
Posted on December 19, 2022 by j.g.lewisLeave a comment

We light the candles
this season more than most.

Culturally, spiritually, emotionally,
we find a reason for greater light.

In times of darkness, or in celebration,
we find comfort in the flame.

We find comfort in sharing our light
with others. Shine on.

12/19/2022                                                                                        j.g.l.

 

a good day
Posted on December 18, 2022 by j.g.lewisLeave a comment

We measure our days; in fact, we measure our lives, in increments.
   Some days are better than others, a few better than most.
   It is all about perspective, depending on the day or the date.
   Some dates are forever etched in our mind.
   Those are the good days.
   For me, today is one of those dates.

12/18/2022                                                                                     j.g.l.

Is It Ever As It Seems
Posted on December 17, 2022 by j.g.lewisLeave a comment

 

December rain sneaks into a sleep that may

or might not have been. Gentle, with enough of a breath

to be noticed, yet crafty enough to remain unknown.

Window open slightly, the world from

the other side of the curtains

seeps into your space. If sleep is sleep, or has it been?

Wide-eyed now, hands reaching upwards, grasping at clouds

and the residue that comes with the season. Emotions,

struggling with premonitions of silence, you attempt

to fashion thoughts into dreams

of what you want or where you’ve seen

or what you wish, or what might have been.

It’s not bright, not this time of day. There can’t be a moon,

not one you can see anyway.

Clouds and thoughts, and your restless ways

fighting the fever for hours and for days.

You might seem so strong and still, right now, who can say.

Lucent thought, lenient waves, comfort you enough to stay

tangled in the life you knew

in this sleep, just not all the way through.

Who you are, or what you want

the raindrops fall, the memories taunt.

 

Night is only a time for precious remembrances. No one can hear

what you think, perhaps no one can know. Not even you.

A life imagined. You can’t turn it off, or

turn it down, or see your way to shut out the view.

The only one is you. Trying to speak the words

you need to feel, you come up silent against

the rain’s steady peel. It’s takes over, it always does.

December rain. It’s not the same. The chill

cannot be the temperature, you are wrapped in the blankets,

pillows pushed aside in a heap, as they are when you sleep.

A rest that is not now, for if it were 

would you hear your heartbeat, or remember

all that you dream? Or is it ever as it seems.

The steady rhythm never forgets, patterns of the past

come back slowly. It’s wet, its cold, the memory is old

but it is right there. Remember.

Of course you do, of course you have,

you cannot spend all those waking hours in

wonder, and not have it come rushing back.

When you’re ready for mercy,

December rain seems to know.

It crashes against the silence and the mystery it holds.

© 2015 j.g. lewis