Your Choice

June 24

When will you speak out,
or speak up?
What are your choices?
What will you abide?
What will you decide?

06/24/2016 j.g.l.

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a decade of days…

2025 is an anthology of thoughts du jour, unsolicited advice, messages of peace, philosophy, poetry, and photographs from the past decade of Mythos & Marginalia. In unchronological order, the years not as important as the dates, each post a reminder (if only to myself) that I do indeed write every damn day.

May 7

snail mail

A note from afar, a note from
a friend, something in the mail
that’s not a bill, or a reminder,
or a pizza menu.
Correspondence. A surprise,
something personal and
appreciated.
Snail mail, you get less and less
in this age of instant.
Too many people are too busy
to drop a note to let you know
what’s going on.
It takes time.
Of course, an e-mail is immediate
but it does not have the same
effect as a letter, or it will get lost
in all that clutter and confusion
in your inbox.
Snail mail is an unexpected smile.
Send a letter to someone today,
just because. It may take a while
to get there, but some words are
worth waiting for.

© 2019 j.g. lewis

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May 5

trying

I am trying.
to look for colour
in a black and white world
where everything seems
grey, muted, tired,
or threadbare.
I’m trying to be optimistic.
Even the tulips are trying
to shed some light over
the cool, wet earth.
Even they have
taken time to bloom.
Even I took my time
to notice.

© 2020 j.g. lewis

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May 1

imperative

Soft voices. Gentle expression.
Grief fastened to each whisper,
ever the sentiment.

This is not the first time.

Sympathy flows, reservoir of
emotion. Kindness embraced.

Soothing words
the placebo effect, for nothing
replaces what you know.

Nothing exists now
to compare it to.

This is not the last time.

Ever the thought, ever
the imperative. Before, of course,
we had the time.

© 2018 j.g. lewis

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May 6

go easier on yourself

Aren’t we are all working on something, whether we admit it or not?
What’s to question?
Can you, will you, make the changes you feel you need right now to support your intentions — or your plans — for the future?
Don’t go any further until you can answer honestly.
If the answer isn’t what you expected, remember it can be changed.
Questions change.
Expectations should be changed. Change them to intentions,
Go easier on yourself.
Be good to yourself.
Be honest with yourself.

© 2021 j.g. lewis

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May 3

what is the cost

What is the cost of what we
are going through right now?
Time is our greatest currency,
how will we continue spend it?

05/03/2020 j.g.l.

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April 29

April is Poetry Month

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