Off and on during

the day, let’s scatter smiles

randomly, and at

day’s end let’s pause and survey

what grew in our hearts that day.

JDG

Lying in the dark,

I hear a train whistle blow,

and discover though

I lie in darkness, there’s no

place I’d rather be than here.

JDG

This sprinkler must reach

for miles, Knox thought, as he

looks this way and that,

realizing someone seems to

turn it on every few days.

JDG

The universal

language of a kind touch  leaps

beyond barriers 

of culture and species so

our hearts can join together.

JDG

Knox announces his 

joy with barks and a wiggle

as he hurries off

to harass a multitude

of unrepentant squirrels.

JDG

Sometimes everywhere

we turn, we are turned away.

If the universe

has a plan, it would help if

we could be kept in the loop.

JDG

I am enrolled in

a remedial  course in

patience in hopes that

after eighty years I might

learn something at last.

JDG

From the chaos of

multiple moves, order starts

to slowly emerge – 

a messy process singed by

inner and outer burnings.

JDG

Knox and deer lock eyes.

Neither one moves. They just stand…

just stare. Minutes pass

until squirrel breaks their trance

and Knox is off and running.

JDG

When we become clear

about what we need and what

we’d like, we can then

turn to what others may need

 and like and begin from there.

JDG