Instead of lofty resolutions
which seldom get off the ground,
this year I promise myself to really do,
what I’ve promised so many times before –
not to increase suffering, mine or theirs, by
over-focusing on what’s bad and wrong.
Acknowledging my discontent, I will pause
and bring to mind some other things, those
that are good and right, and step forth from there.
JDG
Time will tell, but what will it say?
Can we talk back? Say yay or nay?
Does it depend on what
time brings or is it
what we give to time
that lets it fly or drag or sing?
JDG
The clouds didn’t seem
to matter when after days
of gray, light poured forth
and warmed our sun-starved souls. All
too soon gray slipped back
in, this time joined by gusts of
wind, and pushed warm light
away. Will blue skies and sun
return? We will wait and see.
JDG
Seeing he didn’t
want to rally and walk, she
lured him with a treat.
He grabbed it quickly and ran
leaving her with leash in hand.
JDG
No deep insights or
mystical revelations –
just overwhelming
gratitude and a taste of
profound peace – more than enough.
JDG
Crows caw,
duel begins,
sun sets,
crows win.
~
Sun rises,
isn’t seen,
sun sets,
cellphones preen.
~
Sun rises,
clouds stay,
sun sets,
moon raise.
JDG
A child looks out and sees
much hoped for snow even though
it’s fifty degrees and rising.
She says she’ll keep her fingers crossed
and maybe it will stick.
In this she’s not much different
from those of us
who keep hope alive
against all evidence.
JDG
All those many years
ago, in the midst of hate,
love was born. Let’s help it grow.
JDG
Though not blooming, a spare beauty lingers
in limited
palettes of
brown and
gray.
JDG
Swimming in a sea
of silence, I surrender
and sublimely float.
JDG
