Mythos & Marginalia

2015 – 2025: a decade of days


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  • what is before us

    Rest your eyes. 
    You have seen so much
    humanity and pain, 
    happiness or joy. 
    The eyes strain 
    to take everything in. 
    We see what is before us,
    sometimes it is not easy.
    Sometimes it is not all;
    sometimes it is too much.
    Our vision is not always clear.
    We become weary
    of dealing with it all.
    Rest your eyes.
    Give your soul a break.

  • fact

    Guns keep killing people.
    I’m just putting that out there.
    I am just stating the obvious.
    It is simply a fact.
    It’s a fact that will continue
    to prove itself correct 
    each time
    there is a shooting.
    Guns kill people,
    and they keep killing people. 
    It is a fact.
    It is.
    It is common knowledge.
    A common occurrence;
    too common an occurrence
    if you ask me, but 
    you needn’t ask 
    because the facts 
    speak for themselves.
    Guns. 
    Kill. 
    People.
    They did yesterday, and
    the day before, and 
    last weekend multiple times 
    in my city (more than most 
    weekends, more than many
    cities, and a lot more times 
    this year). My city is really 
    not that different 
    from any other place where 
    there are guns and people. 
    Guns are everywhere.
    People are everywhere.
    Guns kill people.
    They did yesterday in
    a very noticeable way.
    We will grieve the event
    and question why. We will 
    ask questions of ourselves
    and questions of our
    politicians and each other.
    Fact.
    And we will hope, and
    we will pray, but
    guns 
    keep 
    killing people
    anyway.
    It is a fact.
    It is far too obvious.
    How can we change 
    the fact without 
    allowing emotions 
    to become involved. 
    Just the facts.
    How do we deal with 
    a fact, and how can we 
    alter the fact that guns 
    kill people?
    I’m just putting that out there.
    Just the fact.

  • within you

    It is within you.
    Surpassing will, well
    beyond ego, is a
    power that cannot
    be explained or
    exemplified, though
    it is always there.
    Deep inside, beneath
    the skin, bone, and
    muscle, is a greater
    force than you may
    ever know; yet you
    will have difficulty
    determining where
    it comes from.
    It is there.
    We can aspire to 
    create our dreams,
    but to do so we
    need to access a
    deeper strength.
    Set your intention.
    See where you go.

  • hurting

    It hurts to hurt.
    It hurts to see others 
    hurting. It hurts to know 
    there is so little I can do
    to help others, except 
    try to be strong 
    for those I care for.
    I care more.
    I couldn’t care less. 
    It hurts to care. 
    If I say I try 
    to care for myself, it is 
    not meant to sound selfish; 
    it means I know 
    I must be strong 
    so that I can care for 
    those I love. 
    I love a lot.
    I am capable of more.
    It hurts to know I might 
    not be capable of enough.
    It hurts to hurt.

  • certainty

     

    we litigate our sorrows

       mediate happiness

       negotiate contentment

    barter wisdom for unsuspecting logic

    did we stop

    looking

    for the trust

    for the certainty

    in what we know

       what we carry

       veiled imperfections

       spiteful recollection

       accepted resentment

    the perseverance of inadequacies

    as we keep

    close

    to the truth

    to the familiar

    to what we know

       what we carry

       compromised ethics

       unwritten guarantees

       pathetic promises

    admit what you have lived through