Winter will not wait
for soft scarves, warm parkas,
or Mom’s hot chocolate.
Mindful of nothing, but itself,
Winter comes as it goes,
as it wants, as it will.
Unexpected, unexcused,
an unrepentant breath leaves
a deep trail of icey footprints
across our psyche. Winter waits
for when we are most vulnerable.
Winter cannot not wait.
© 2019 j.g. lewis
© 2019 j.g. lewis
Go lightly in your judgment
please, you know less of my
circumstance than I, and
heaven knows I know so
little about my reasons why
and could only use a little
empathy. Nothing is sacred
in this tell-all society and it
is only with reservation that
I pay any attention to what I
hear and believe as I must in
a world that appears to work
well without honesty as far
as I can tell but don’t want
to believe. I want to know.
02/23/2023 j.g.l.
Do you have plans for the day, or will you simply go about your way haphazardly, as you have done before.
Is today one of those days, or will you make something of it?
Do what you intend to do.
02/21/2023 j.g.l.
I can’t explain
what they don’t want to hear,
and they don’t want to
understand any more
than they have to.
They cannot
see beyond the
bounds of possibilities.
Communication barriers
of the mind, in time
become more.
02/17/2023 j.g.l.
it is
what it is
it is
what we do
we
love
from a distance
and at close range
our methods
our madness
from the pure
to the strange
we do
what we do
regardless
of the season
we love
yes
we do
for all kinds
of reasons
even today
valentines or not
we love
as we do
love is what
we have got
02/14/2023 j.g.l.