Identity.
Man, woman, father,
mother,
sister,
brother,
friend or foe.
One or the other.
Who are you?
Co-dependent,
rather questionably
independent, beholden
to no one else.
Do you wonder?
Misrepresented.
Misunderstood, or
mistaken for another.
Image.
Imagine who
you could be.
More than meaningful
interpretation,
we often change
with the situation.
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The sleep, the time,
the daylight we have gained
will only be taken back.
In the spring we lose,
in the fall we gain, a practice
we continue, again and again.
Will our lives change much
over a meagre hour?
Does time have its place,
its privilege, or power
to disrupt emotions;
what is yours or what’s mine?
Will it make
any real difference?
© 2018 j.g. lewis
wet pavement
and leaves
incense for a time
the scent reaching for
reminders
when and how
november rain
washing away the silence
striking down fear
we sit
saying nothing
feeling
all has been forgotten
all we know is real
you want to believe
despite
what you tell yourself
confusing confusion with
wanderlust
and bewilderment
truth will last
longer than the rain
washing away the silence
pulling off the pain
© 2016 j.g. lewis
A difficult day?
It looks like it might be.
It may have started out
like that, but it doesn’t
have to stay that way.
There is time today to
change your perspective.
© 2021 j.g. lewis
What do we overlook?
What instances or occasions
do we choose to not observe, acknowledge, or
try to comprehend?
How can we ignore the shifting beauty
of the leaves, the final days of colour before
wicked winds, a nightly chill, turn our landscape
to a humble grey.
We will feel the deficit, unnoticed in the entirety.
What happens when we do not stop
to pay attention to the slight motion of a raindrop
in a puddle on a drizzly day, or look past
the kaleidoscope haze as errant drops diffuse
light on the lenses of your eyeglasses.
Our vision is not clear to the reality of
people passing by on the sidewalk, on the way
to work or school, perhaps paying as little attention
to the surroundings as we do.
© 2022 j.g. lewis