Nature always wonders.
Nature often betrays.
Rain is a reminder.
Rain never stays.
Look beyond the water.
Look into your ways.
© 2017 j.g. lewis
open space
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betrayal
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for you
Self-care, do you dare
to interrupt all that is
going on every day,
and find a moment
or two to deal with
only you?
All that other stuff,
and all those other
people, can just wait,
can’t they, for a while?
What could be more
important than you?
While making all the
lists and other plans
of all you have to do,
set aside a bit of time
explicitly for you?© 2019 j.g. lewis
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do that
Do that which makes you think,
that which makes you wonder.
Do that which makes you breathe,
that which makes you feel.
Do that which makes you happy,
Do that.
Do that often.© 2019 j.g. lewis
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cloud songs
The night
accepts the silence,
appreciates
the soft, steady breath
of lovers
and dogs.New Moon
shows as no moon can.
High resolution
darkness softening
hard edges
and difficult lives.Here we are,
part of the silence,
immune to
time and temperature,
and words
once spoken.© 2017 j.g. lewis
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put to use
It’s not what you have;
it’s what you have with you.
You may own several umbrellas,
but unless you have one handy
when it rains, none of them are
useful.
Your degree(s), that camera, the
skills you have developed over
the years, are things you possess,
but unless they are put to use
they do not serve your current
purpose.
Some of us travel lightly through
this life, taking only what is
believed to be needed at the time.
Others are better prepared for
whatever they encounter.
Only you can decide to use what
you have, or use what you can.© 2018 j.g. lewis