Journey Begun

It wasn’t something

I planned to do, but I may

have finally stumbled

(some would say I was guided)

toward a path that I can walk.

                                                                               JDG

With Fingers Crossed

So where do I start

after so many starts that

came to a sudden

stop? Begin where you are, they

say, and begin with

what you know. I’ll start here, right

now, sitting in my

chair. I’ll take my resistant

self in hand and start

blogging my path to fitness.

~

Why not? It helped me

develop a practice of

daily writing – one 

poem a day for almost 

six years. It could help 

me not lose focus as I

begin once more on

this infernal journey. I

won’t start with any

promises. I’ll just begin

with fingers crossed and

with viewing some videos

for the woefully unfit.

                                                              JDG

 

 

 

By Design?

Though I prefer to present

a smooth and polished surface,

it’s in the cracks and crevices

of my imperfect self

 that love germinates and grows.

                                                                                        JDG

Simply Grace

Is it divine ordering

or simply happenstance

when, against all odds,

things work out?

In the presence of such mystery,

I offer heartfelt thanks.

                                                                                 JDG

 

Second Chance

Thank you, Universe,

for letting me learn softly

from a big mistake.

                                                                           JDG

A Gift Returned

What arises will fall away.

Such is the beating heart of the Universe.

May I take what each day brings

and from it shape an offering.

It will be rough and cracked and incomplete,

formed from all my yeses, all my noes,

and all my muddy maybes.

 Universe, each day I give you me.

                                                                                                    JDG