There’s a well of wisdom deep within. May
we draw from this
reservoir
as we
need
and
ignore
the surface
clammering for
easy solutions and thought- free fixes.
JDG
Why Hurry Past?
Over roads and fields
sun spills gold. Why hurry past
this rich offering?
JDG
Time Travel
Time it takes to wheel
trash can to curb: two minutes.
Time it takes teenage
girl with cell phone to wheel trash
can to curb: an eternity.
JDG
Rx For Recovery
Sometimes it takes surgery to remove
the busyness
from our lives
so we
can
rest,
regroup,
recover,
and restore much
needed balance to our wavering walk.
JDG
Gotcha, Gaba
When I told them to
turn off all the lights, she who
shall not be named sighed
and said, “I’m sorry, Gaba,
but I can’t turn off the moon.”
JDG
Natural Preparation
Preseason warmup
or just trying to avoid
the holiday rush?
I don’t know, but my Christmas
Cactus has put out some blooms.
JDG
Fall Romance
Blue sky day before
leaves slowly turn and days grow
short and nights grow long,
a welcome respite from heat
and cold – Nature’s autumn kiss.
JDG
Self-policing
Denial and indifference stop us
in our moral
tracks, fail to
frisk for
lies.
JDG
Fall Break: The Drive Home
What I want to know,
but know better than to ask:
how she’s doing in her classes,
what she misses about home.
What she wants me to know
and what she shares: adventures
with friends, newly found opinions
on all topics great and small.
… Oh well…
even though it’s raining
we didn’t talk about the weather.
JDG
Finding A Way
I wear a bracelet
with the single word,
“pause”, engraved.
If only I could find
a way to engrave
that word somewhere
between my amygdala
and my mouth.
JDG
