Come

Today’s sun shines bright

and the skies are clear.

Why cover this day’s sun

with tomorrow’s dark clouds

and the forecast of

high winds and heavy rain?

Let’s step outside and enjoy today.

                                                          JDG

 

 

 

Surprise

Sometimes the weather

is a quick change artist

and leaves us mystified.

                                      JDG

Authors One And All

We fashion stories

to explain who we are

and how we got that way.

Sometimes we’re heroes.

Sometimes we’re victims.

Our stories can hold us captive.

Our stories can set us free.

                                                   JDG

Those Open Questions

My cat sits at the open door.

Won’t decide.

Go out?

Stay in?

Minutes pass.

She sits.

I sigh.

Will I close the door

on patience?

                                           JDG

 

Like Mothers Everywhere

Mother deer teaches her two tiny fawns

skills for survival:

stand still,

raise head,

open ears,

look ahead,

proceed with caution.

                                                                               JDG

Not All Of Us Are Connoisseurs

Murphy approaches, looks up at me

and meows. I tell her she must wait.

I’m writing a poem, food for the soul.

She meows some more. I keep writing.

She indignantly hisses, “I prefer tuna.”

                                                                  JDG

 

And God Saw That It Was Good

“It’s good that I have

infinite patience,” God thought.

“Otherwise I would

have washed my hands of these folks

I created long ago.”

                                                             JDG

Three Questions For Persistent Toads

Is there something

you want me to know, tiny toads?

First you showed up at my house 

and now you’re hanging around work.

Last week you hopped into my office.

Have you forgotten?

 We’re supposed to be social distancing.

 Can’t you send me an email instead?

                                                                                 JDG