Seeing the mind fall in love
with its own cleverness,
the heart heaves a sigh.
JDG
Author Archives: Joan
Ins And Outs
Out here
things move slow
and I know
I could move slow too.
I know
I could
slowly still
my self-created frenzy.
The problem
isn’t with
the knowing.
The problem
is with
the doing.
JDG
Story Time
Anxiety comes bursting in,
seizing the night,
turning it even darker
with harrowing tales
of what ifs and none
have happy endings.
Slowly, amidst the din,
I make out a gentle whisper.
“Count.” it says
“and with each number
name a blessing to remember”.
It takes willingness and time
but Anxiety and I are softly soothed
by a fuller story.
JDG
Mismatch
When the pieces don’t fit,
maybe they belong
to a different puzzle.
JDG
In Two Places At The Same Time
They sat together
without speaking,
each focused
on their own cell phone –
a modern family,
simultaneoulsy
present and absent
to each other.
JDG
Gift Exchange
A warmer climate
of the heart accompanied
by a cooler head –
a much needed gift we each
could give to the world this year.
JDG
At Our House
At our house it’s not
silent night although maybe
when the kids depart
quiet will again descend,
but for now it’s noisy joy.
JDG
Sublime Dining
Nothing witty or
profound was said, but at lunch
both our souls were fed.
JDG
More Shimmy Than Waltz
On the pond’s frozen,
fractured surface sunlight danced.
We stood in silence,
enjoying the sparks that flew
from sun’s encounter with ice.
JDG
Little Fox
Little fox, were you
running from something
or toward something
when you tried to cross the road?
JDG
