What gets left behind
with our unmade minds
forever rushing?
What do we leave behind
if we did not take the
the time to notice?
What is no longer mine
because neither you nor I
could take our time?
12/02/2024 j.g.l.
look around
Be thankful
for what you have, for
what you have to let go of,
and for those who are still
with you. Gratitude comes
in many forms. Look around.
Be thankful.
j.g.l.
cloud songs
It is only silence and only
for now, a minute or three
but who is counting?
Enough, for now.
Slight Repose, a little grace,
enough until you have
found your place. Might be
morning, or the end of the day,
yet it is time to yourself anyway.
For now.
11/29/2024 j.g.l.
I'm like a pencil;
sometimes sharp,
most days
well-rounded,
other times
dull or
occasionally
broken.
Still I write.
j.g. lewis
is a writer/photographer in Toronto.
What’s Going On Now
Posted on August 1, 2021 by j.g.lewis
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A voice from the past with a view from the present, Friday’s release of the first posthumous album by Prince is more than you expect from an artist who you never knew what to expect from.
Recorded in 2010, during the Obama administration, Prince was writing and singing about what’s going on now.
In the matter-of-fact lyrics on Welcome 2 America, throughout the album Prince explores themes of racism, religion, celebrity, corporate greed and life as he saw it, then.
We get to hear it now, eleven years after it was recorded, five years after the man’s untimely death.
It was worth the wait.
Welcome 2 America has more than a soulful, lasting quality.
08/01/2021 j.g.l.
