Early morning and

my exercises are done.

A smile lights up my face.

Today I rise and shine.

                                                            JDG

November has not seemed eager

  to shed summer’s garb

and dress for fall.

I never knew she was such

a reluctant senior.

AARP should give her a call.

                                                                         JDG

It’s strange how 

these exercise movements 

reflect my mood –

up and down, back and forth,

open and closed. 

                                                                      JDG

Grief held us together

and fashioned a bond

through all we lost.

May we now come together

and fashion a bond

from the joy that remains

and the fullness of life ahead.

                                                                             JDG

Instead of taking

a nap, I exercised and

refueled in another way.

The going is slow,

but so am I and I find

I’m slowly learning. 

                                                                 JDG

It has taken me almost

seventy-five years to discover

there’s nowhere to be

except right where I am.

I was always on my way

to somewhere that wasn’t

and a lot of times I still am.

                                                                      JDG