Mythos & Marginalia

2015 – 2025: a decade of days


open space

  • 12/12/2024

    A warm coat, stocking cap, and a destination.

       The early morning walk is comfortable and convenient. I arrive to hot and delicious coffee.

       The city comes alive as I sit and write out my thoughts. I listen but pay little attention to other customers as they walk in to claim a morning cup of bravery.

       This time is mine.

       I write, generally here, first thing every morning.

       I write every damn day. Some days it is difficult, but today the words seem to flow. I’ve got things to do later but, for now, this is where I am. It is important to me.

       Intentions and expectations, at this moment, do not seem to matter.

       I only write.

       Maybe that is enough for today.

    12/12/2024                                                                                                                                j.g.l

     

  • subject to change

    What do we wake to, is

    it ever the same? People,

    predicaments, or weather

    are all subject to change.

    Yesterday was different

    than it will be today. 

    So will you, in your own 

    unique way. It is what it is.

     

    12/10/2024                                                                                                                    j.g.l.

  • into our hearts

    Be the brightness

    you need to feel.

    Be the light

    you need to see.

     

    Shine on.

     

    12/08/2024                                                                                                                              j.g.l.

  • the path you have chosen

    Time has a trajectory; 

    I don’t believe it ever forgets, 

    only that you get lost in the 

    dubious twists and turns that 

    have been navigated.

    Silence often means that there

    are too many words, and one 

    cannot figure out exactly what 

    to say to a person who once 

    meant everything.

    The soul still believes and often 

    wishes things could be different.

    Yet, you are more confident in

    the path you have chosen and

    where you are now.

     

    12/05/2024                                                                                                              j.g.l.

  • last night

    I have heard it before;

    shouting on the street.

     

    Total darkness. 

     

               It could be

               3:46 a.m.

     

         in any other city.

     

    The violence of silence

                     is not unique

     

       to downtown Toronto.

     

    When I hear bottles smash

               in the night

     

       I try not to think of

                 human bones. 

     

       Fragility, and

     

         all of the pressure 

         we are under.

     

         For what?

    To live?    I don’t know.

     

         To try?

     

    We are all trying

                     to live.

     

       To breathe.    To sleep

     

    3:54 a.m.

     

     

    12/03/2024                                                                                                                         j.g.l.