morning mirror

September 8

What is looking back
at you today?
Can you find the words
you meant to say?
Is this morning
just another day?
Can this mirror look
the other way?

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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.

October 23

haiku 4 you

why did you
do what you
did?

© 2020 j.g. lewis

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October 21

dare we glance back?

Is this world as fractured
as we are led to believe?
Politically, ideologically,
or spiritually, fault lines
are obvious.
It is not superficial.
Are all thoughts jumbled
or is that just me?
Can we look ahead? Dare we
glance back? What was there?
Is what we see now all
that is worth knowing?
Can we learn more?
Do we want to?
Do we need to?

© 2020 j.g. lewis

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October 19

good morning

Good ideas, good
relationships, and
good mornings
often begin with a
good cup of coffee.

Enjoy your day,
and tomorrow too.

© 2019 j.g. lewis

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October 22

move ahead

I’m going to do today as I did yesterday; step by step, minute by minute, I will keep moving forward.
I am not expecting too much, knowing the planet will continue spinning on its axis as it has been doing for, at least, the past few days. It’s pretty consistent, really. I see no reason why I can’t follow the example.
Each revolution brings another day; each moment passes in its own way. Step by step we move ahead. Evolution follows revolution, staying on the path is a natural solution.

© 2018 j.g. lewis

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October 20

cloud songs

  Can I whisper
or wonder
what I do not know?
    Afraid, of course,
of where it can go. To realize
what is not there
on all, or most, or many days
is still so real.
Lines on your face.
Memories disappear. Erased.
Others fall out of favor
or onto the page.
Words unspoken still leave
a mark on your past,
  your lips
and lifeline.
Will you ever tell?
  Release the smile
holding back thoughts
meant only for yourself.

© 2016 j.g. lewis

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October 16

a good look

Sometimes you are surprised
by where you are. Other times
you can be surprised by what
is there. Take a good look.
Always be open to surprise.

© 2020 j.g. lewis

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