the whole truth

June 14

I am broken,
I have been for a while.
Possibly, maybe, I have
never been complete, yet
I am whole
in ways only
my fractured self
can comprehend.
Look within.
It is more comfortable
to understand your self
than to be misunderstood
by others.
Truth.
The whole truth.

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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.

June 12

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June 11

cloud songs

Often it is the promises
that will carry you
through uncertainty.
Perhaps spoken in confidence,
even to your self, the words
allow you to see,
or to dream,
  a little further.
Uncertainty can provide
  an element of hope
  or, true to the word, promise.

© 2016 j.g. lewis

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June 7

more questions

I question my self as
much as others. I look
for solutions as much as
response.
I am curious.
And I, without a doubt,
without question and
common sense, still rely
on answers I will not
fully comprehend.
This directly leads to
further inquiry and a lot
more questions.
It’s more than curiosity.

© 2022 j.g. lewis

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June 14

the whole truth

I am broken,
I have been for a while.
Possibly, maybe, I have
never been complete, yet
I am whole
in ways only
my fractured self
can comprehend.
Look within.
It is more comfortable
to understand your self
than to be misunderstood
by others.
Truth.
The whole truth.

© 2018 j.g. lewis

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June 9

we could learn

It is the perception of a lifetime.
Even as they fold and wither, as  the stem bends under the weight  of their beauty, the colours lose their vibrancy, and petals fall with time, flowers remain a miracle. We could learn a lot from flowers.

© 2022 j.g. lewis

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June 5

what else have we got

We, generally, question ourselves daily, but more specifically, on days like yesterday or the one before, or a few weeks before that. The resounding questions of why, are overwhelming and obvious.
  Sadly, the solution is not.
  It seems so inane to say we have to have greater faith in humankind when the tragedies we see and feel are neither kind nor humane.
  But what else have we got if we don’t have faith?
  It becomes harder and harder to have faith in the self, in the system, in spirituality or religion, but we must.
  Now is the time to be strong; questioning our faith will only make us weaker.

© 2017 j.g. lewis

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