Month: December 2018
What I was then
versus
who I am now.
Indistinguishable
in so many ways,
unrecognizable in others.
Even now,
I can clearly see,
but, sometimes
don’t notice.
Who I am
is not dependent upon
where I am or
what I am going through.
At my core
I am mostly the same
as then
or now.
12/28/2018 j.g.l.
Posted on December 27, 2018 by j.g.lewisLeave a commentIt is not enough
to say what you mean.
It takes greater strength,
deeper thought, and often
steadfast commitment
to know
what you believe.
It’s not right to simply
accept what you are saying.
Think about it.
Inform your self.
12/27/2018 j.g.l.
Posted on December 26, 2018 by j.g.lewisLeave a commentSometime. In the past week, or
the past day or two,
it happened.
It is not memory, nor even déjà vu.
You stopped
for a moment, a breath
caught in your chest, a
small tear in the corner
of your eye.
Unaccountable recollection of a moment,
or a face; an amalgam of a personal antidote,
myth, family story of another time or place.
More than a feeling, but not quite an emotion.
Greater than a concept, far more than a notion.
If you called it happiness, you would do it a disservice.
Not enough force to be joy, nor significant gravity
to be bliss. It simply arrives.
Unnoticed, without warning.
The spirit of Christmas
can’t be explained,
cannot be justified,
will not be claimed.
It just is
what it is.
It arrives during a phone call from
a daughter, a playful story about a mom,
or grandmother’s recipe
shared or prepared.
It is fleeting, yes, but
it makes your day.
It’s never enough, but
all we have at times.
Remember that feeling.
© 2018 j.g. lewis