Mythos & Marginalia

life notes between the lines and along the edges

  • We Wait

    Undetermined hesitancy,

    well past procrastination, yet far less than wasting time.

    Waiting is less a function and more of a state.

    It is not stillness; for that to occur the mind must settle, not

    impervious, but free to allow thoughts in. And out.

    Then become silence.

    We, then, are waiting, knowing time will tick on anyway.

    If we can stop even for a moment, to simply breathe,

    we can find perspective.

    It is searching for something meaningful

    from something meaningless.

    We seek further meaning,

    knowing our lives are deeper than our pockets.

    We understand there is greater nutrition in a shared meal,

    that Friday will arrive each week, and a bicycle and a car

    each have a purpose.

    We wait; believing home has nothing to do with boundaries.

    For our past to catch up with our ever-present worry, for

    today to be the gift we were told it would be,

    the future must unfold as it should.

    In searching for this equilibrium,

    have we become stuck in the balance?

    Our mind is occupied.

    Waiting.

    We know there are people, who miss us as we miss them,

    and we wait in one space thinking that one person may find us.

    Waiting may be a reminder

    they are not coming.

    As we wait, we attempt to determine if

    our response is an action, or a reaction.

    We know inaction.

    © 2019 j.g. lewis

     

     

     

     

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  • choices

    Is there a price to independence? Freedom comes at a cost
    emotionally if not financially. Choices not always obvious,
    you take what you can, when something is taken from you.
    A choice, again,but why must we always choose for others?
    If it is not only for the self, it is mainly for you. No regrets.
    If what you had were all you had lost, would you question
    again the price and the costs of possessions and decisions.

    © 2023 j.g. lewis

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  • what is before us

    Rest your eyes.
    You have seen so much
    humanity and pain,
    happiness or joy.
    The eyes strain
    to take everything in.
    We see what is before us,
    sometimes it is not easy.
    Sometimes it is not all;
    sometimes it is too much.
    Our vision is not always clear.
    We become weary
    of dealing with it all.
    Rest your eyes.
    Give your soul a break.

    © 2019 j.g. lewis

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  • another breath

    Expression as permanent
    as breath on the mirror, but more captivating

    when you think of it that away.

    You can’t take it back, nor
    leave it any longer, as fog on the glass dissipates

    you realize another breath will follow.

    Optimism reminds you to hold the thought
    and not your breath.

     

    © 2023 j.g. lewis

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  • Opinion

    I love opinion, even those I don’t agree with.
    A good opinion shows character; and I mean a ‘good’ opinion not by right or wrong (or whether I agree with it) but by how it is expressed.
    If a point of view is presented succinctly, mindfully, with conviction and personal belief, I can respect it (even if I don’t like it).
    It is the wishy-washy opinions — those peppered with anecdote, references to assorted documents and dogma, quoting the views of others or reading off the script — that I have problems with. They are disingenuous, often cluttered, or conveniently slip off-topic by introducing argument and unrelated angles, as if they are not entirely certain.
    I would prefer someone express no opinion than one that is half-assed or not fully thought out.
    Say what YOU mean, but mean what YOU say: that is opinion.
    It says what you stand for.
    I’m of the opinion that if you listen to the opinions of others you will learn something.
    If you listen to others, your personal point of view will be expanded, maybe even altered, or you will become more certain of your stance than ever before.

    © 2019 j.g. lewis

     

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