I don’t think
we can accept
face value at
face value
I have
too many questions and
too much time
on my hands
to believe everything
we are told
There is always
more than
meets the eye
Look further
Go beyond
What you are told
© 2020 j.g. lewis
It is, at times, mind-numbing.
We get bogged down by all that emotional traffic and mental graffiti, and all it will do is create further questions you may never find an answer for.
Unnecessary worries: always with the questions.
What the hell is going on?
What’s wrong with this world?
What can we do?
Whom can we ask?
Who will answer honestly?
Are there honest answers?
You end up questioning yourself.
Can you question your existence, or can you live with it? Self-interrogation takes up so much precious time.
Often you end up asking the wrong person the right question.
11/02/2013 j.g.l.
the life cycle determines
all things must end
even the days
slowly
even passively
we notice
if we pay attention
to all fragments
of time and space
if only the day knew
the beauty and wonder
of the night
10/31/2023 j.g.l.
our space filled
with random words
incautiously chosen
graffiti
staining the façade
of our everyday view
peace
love faith
unity
like poetry
nothing is how it seems
not now
only words
we must question
what each one means
despite our feelings
how can we not believe
everything we read
10/27/2023 j.g.l.
The lines outline where we are, in
moments and more. Each step
we take, each day we make some
sort of mark on the landscape.
Our life, as temporary as it seems,
continues to pass us by.
Season by season.
We must embrace the reminders
of who we are, not what we
have been. Like where you are
will constantly change from
where you have been.
At times it is a blur.
We remain convinced by this
confusion, and seldom make the
right assumptions, in the moments
where we wish to define ourselves.
10/24/2023 j.g.l.