Mythos & Marginalia

life notes; flaws and all


a daily breath

  • more than unwelcome

    Layers of winter become more obvious each day. Snow upon cold, rigorous wind heartily blowing every which way. From the north, or the east, another storm threatens. 

    As unpredictable as unexpected.

    The temperatures as such, you try to avoid going outside. At night, even colder, you wonder how you’ll survive.

    Polar Vortex hovers, unwelcoming more than unwelcome. Unsettling as it is; depressingly disappointed.

    The layers of winter become quite clear, reinforcing the fact that spring is nowhere near.

  • Mondays are just Fridays

    I seem to always trust that things will work out as they are supposed to; that events, occasions or happenings will happen, as they should, and maybe when they should). Naive; perhaps, but it is, hope that motivates my intentions. Optimistic: yes, I suppose I am.

    So, when something doesn’t happen (something that should) I am more than not left wondering.

    Why? The obvious and easiest question. Was I expecting too much or anticipating what should not have been?

    Always with the questions. Infrequently with the answers.

    Should I rearrange my positivity or investigate my reality?

    Is fate to be queried, or even my beliefs. Do I puzzle the conundrum while I search for some relief?

    Do I keep believing? I must. For when you no longer believe, you give up hope. And I refuse to be hopeless.

  • ever-present reality

    If you are not healing, you are hurting. If you are not certain, you are converting past pains into our ever-present reality, certain trauma unrelieved. What you know is what you believe. Further you forge ahead knowing acceptance will not go away. Are you looking into the why, and the truths  of your life?

    01/25/2026 j.g.l.

  • cloud songs

        What makes a morning?

        What makes it right?

          Alarm clocks chime, 

         coffee scent, or the Sun 

       shedding first fragments of 

    its life? Never not the time that 

    begins the day, shifting through 

    seasons slightly altered either way.

        Conceivably it is our attitude

       coming out of precious night.

           What makes a morning?

           What becomes of the light?

    © 2026 j.g. lewis

  • tomorrow that follows

    The depths of winter never closer than now. Breath hangs in the atmosphere sturdy as snow off the eaves. Mind the forecast, for tomorrow (or the tomorrow that follows) will be deeper and darker. You will learn the true strength of your character. Naturally.