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.
Month: March 2024
Dented, bruised, scuffed up and circumstantial, the imperfections are obvious.
It goes past superficial.
Seeking more than a cover-up, healing is necessary.
Hope is less than present but needed, so I try to do what I need to do. Each attempt to repair the damage that is done — the day-in-day out flaws that have become ingrained in my psyche — is another step.
It takes effort. It takes encouragement, and it takes understanding even if I can’t completely comprehend the history that led up to the marks on the façade.
I need to do the work.
At times trying is the best I can do when I know I want to do better.
03/25/2024 j.g.l.
Posted on March 24, 2024 by j.g.lewisLeave a comment
We remain limited by the black and white realities of daily existence.
Especially on the mostly grey days of late, we are challenged with thoughts greater than our mental landscape can perceive.
We function (at times marginally), amidst rules, laws, ever-present restrictions and ideological hangups often holding back our technicolor dreams and bold creative intentions.
We seek the colour that doesn’t seem to exist as we struggle through the remaining days of a winter-like spring.
We can only hope, right now, for colour.
As subjective as it is, our view should be more open to interpretation.
Think past the black and white.
It matters.
03/24/2024 j.g.l.
Posted on March 23, 2024 by j.g.lewisLeave a comment
‘When’ is a question greater than ‘why’.
Important it is to know ‘when’ something will happen, rather than ‘what’ or ‘where’, because ‘when’ always involves a wait (that’s ‘when’ the ‘why’ kicks in).
Our patience is tested.
‘When will we get there’ or ‘when is it time’? Both questions of our youth, at least, questions of mine.
Spring has arrived, but ‘when’ will it come? The weather still indicates winter is hardly done.
How can we wait, or ‘why’ is it we must? You might only find the answers ‘when’ you are ready to trust.
© 2022 j.g. lewis
