So often 

we look outside

when what we’re looking for

goes unnoticed

within.

                                         JDG

How different 

it feels 

to be present

without

an agenda.

                    JDG

Learning

to be patient 

with my own impatience,

moment by

 excruciating moment.

                                       JDG

His cupcake grin

belied

he felt like

knives and needles

inside.

                                 JDG

Trying to make sense

of the senseless,

impossible though it may be,

has never stopped

humanity.

                                                     JDG