Last Leaf Rorschach

I wonder how it feels to be the last

leaf hanging, to

be holding

on so

long?

                                                                                      JDG

Settling

Letting the quiet

settle into my bones this

morning. Preparing

for the noisy day ahead,

I watch my breath rise and fall.

                                                                                   JDG

3 AM

In the silence the only sound I hear

comes from inside

my own head.

Hush now.

Rest

now.

You have

miles to

go and many

promises to keep. Hush now. Rest now. Sleep.

                                                                                                                          JDG

Let Us Sing

Where have all the old songs gone –

the ones we sang while marching?

They brought cohesion, fought despair,

helped us get from here to there.

The work’s not done; there’s much to do –

much to tend,  much to fix,  much to stop,

  much to  build, much to nurture, much to birth.

If the answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind,

let us listen, let us sing, let us gather, let us begin.

                                                                                                                                               JDG

Autumn Protest

Some trees raise their limbs

in fiery protest. Who

could possibly call

them mute when, after all, they

gave their blazing best to Fall?

                                                                                     JDG

Autumn Possibilities

We can enjoy this

year’s muted autumn color

or we can compare

it to the blaze of former

years and sadly find it wanting.

                                                                                   JDG

Finally

After a slow start

and in a more muted way

trees began to sing

a halting hallelujah

to a season much delayed.

                                                                                         JDG

Itching To Learn

While meditating

today, I learned I don’t have

to scratch every itch.

                                                                      JDG

More Than Words

Not crazy about

PC?  Why not try CD –

common decency?

                                                   JDG

(with thanks to Jonathan for introducing me to the expression, CD)