It is not that you can’t, or
even that you won’t. It is
what it is, whether you do
or you don’t.
Today or really any day, try
to do what you need to do
to become a better you.
I know it seems hard, as
many days seem like a test,
yet despite unlucky numbers,
today you should try to do
your best.
Whether you are beginning
your day, or struggling with
the middle, seek to soothe
your beleaguered soul with
a poem, rhyme, or a riddle.
09/13/2024 j.g.l.
It can take an awful lot of summer to attempt to do what you need to do.
Even then, after all those months, you can only wonder if you have accomplished what you set out to do.
I wonder now, as I did in June… and in August. I still feel I have so much more to accomplish; and I do. I know it.
I can feel a change, as surely as I felt the autumn chill last night and this morning. Yet, I also feel a certain satisfaction that comes from my attempts this summer to right myself.
It’s a wonder, really.
Never lose the wonder that keeps you moving forward.
09/08/2024 j.g.l.
Hold on to the bravery
you summon each day.
Hold on to the comfort
you find in your community,
no matter how small. The
support, and strength, we
find in others will lift us
through those difficult days.
Hold on to the reminders
that you are not alone.
Hold on to your self;
you can do this.
© 2018 j.g. lewis
I am not moved.
Trust me then, when words
won’t squeeze out of a pen.
Trust me when I tell you
I am not feeling anything.
Tell me about pain.
It has been years since
I have even noticed.
Mention, again, how it felt
or how I should be feeling.
I am not moving.
09/06/2024 j.g.l.
