As I reflect on

the many mistakes I’ve made,

the reflected moon

dances across the pond,

inviting me to take my reflections

and learn to dance to

the irregular beat of this imperfect life.

JDG

You’d think by now those owls

 would have an answer to their

repeated question of wh0

and at least move on to ask

where, when, how, and why.

JDG

I’m not trying to

reenact my walk at two

but at eighty-three

what can I do?

JDG

Sometimes it’s fast-acting –

a random bit of bird song,

a glimpse of doe and fawn.

Sometimes it takes a while

like the slowly rising sun

or the emerging bud or leaf,

but nature never fails to ease

life’s inevitable aches.

JDG

A bright red cardinal

wings its way past a yellow

butterfly briefly

filling the air with a flash

of color and a dash of joy.

JDG

Refreshed by the rain,

that peony expresses

itself with open-petaled joy,

JDG

The harness of habit

shouldn’t be so tight it chokes,

but tight enough to help us 

get where we want to go.

JDG

If I didn’t know better,

I’d swear Knox graduated

canine acting school.

He definitely has neglected

and pitiful down pat

JDG

If we’re centered in ourselves,

we won’t be pulled off course

no matter what path we walk.

JDG