It’s a winding road

from birth to death with many

unexpected stops and turns, but

I’m glad I get to make this trip

and don’t have to go alone.

JDG

Graduates from many cultures

walk across the stage –

a moving reminder that DEI

remains alive.

JDG

Watching the snow fall

as I sit indoors wrapped in

warmth, I am content.

JDG

When a heartfelt plea  

for mercy is scorned,

and the pleader denigrated,

it’s pretty clear

with whom the spirit of the lord resides.

JDG

Hearing his friend bark,

Knox got a big doggy grin

and bounded off in search of him.

He left behind unchased squirrels, but  

he’ll tend to them another time.

JDG

The dark may be good

for sleeping, but we shouldn’t 

decide to live there.

JDG

Birds open their wings to fly.

If we’d open our hearts and minds,

there’s no telling where we’d  fly or

even how high. Why not give it a try?

JDG

Peeking through branches

now bare of leaves, sun and moon

conspire to fill

the emptiness, not with leaves,

buy with shinning, golden light

JDG.

When my dear friend

gave me a small piano,

she also gave me another 

and much needed gift –

inspiration to improve

my space by ridding myself

of accumulated clutter.

JDG