today’s emotions
unpredictable like the weather
snowflakes dance
amongst a stream of headlights
coming to rest on
last year’s hydrangeas
the crisp damp morning
defies a buoyant mood
and mocks next week’s forecast
spring is meant to
rid our eyes of bleak landscapes
that have captured our imagination
throughout a dirty winter
emotionally fatigued
deliriously disappointed
03/21/2024 j.g.l.
Tomorrow is a promise,
today had a reason,
while yesterday, in hindsight,
was merely an excuse.
There may be dreams
between the then and now,
take the time to notice.
03/19/2024 j.g.l.
Aren’t we all vulnerable?
Don’t we all, at times anyway, feel the inadequacies that come over the days and years of trying to measure up to expectations; parental, societal, or otherwise?
Even the flaws and frailties, invisible to most, are deeply felt.
Even by those who fail to see.
You can’t but help observe the reactions, even if they are only noticeable to yourself.
Who can you tell, because you should, but who will listen?
Writing it out might help, if only to remind yourself of the experiences and the need to share with someone.
03/17/2024 j.g.l.
Who are you?
Where are you?
What are you?
Only you can truly
know your relationship
to this earth and those
people occupying your
time.
How can you know?
Only you can provide
the answers.
Only you can know
who, or what, you have
been or where you need
to go, and why.
Why?
03/12/2024 j.g.l.
