Despite the steady

drizzle and overcast sky,

sunlight still resides

in scatterings of daisies,

smiling as we drive by.

                                                                  JDG

I know those deer eat

my flowers and cause my dogs

to bark, but somehow

their long-limbed beauty lassos

 my complaints and leaves me deerstruck.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     JDG

Trunks, branches, and leaves –

a dark pattern woven on

the blue background of

a dawn-bright sky – morning’s

ever-changing tapestry

                                                                               JDG

There I go again

far away from here and now,

whisked away once more

by my swinging monkey mind

in search of yon banana.

                                                                               JDG

Slowly I drove past

that congress of complaining

crows and added my

complaints to theirs, knowing this

day’s gloom had come home to roost.

                                                                                            JDG

No wand was waved when

the sun turned my mood from blue

to shimmering gold –

a much needed alchemy

after days of grey and lead.

                                                                          JDG

As I focused on

my third eye, I said, “I

want candy.” A burst

of explosive laughter

was the third eye’s sole reply.

                                                                            JDG

May I take this gift

of time into my arms, hold

it near my beating 

heart, cherish it breath by breath

as it yawns and stretches.

                                                                                  JDG

We must get a rush

from rushing – this frantic race

to the finish line –

or are we just trying to

outrun “running out of time”?

                                                                           JDG

Even if it is

just one word, if it’s the right

word – the word that leaves

you feeling energized – you

know you’ll cross the finish line.

                                                                                           JDG