Animal Tale

Jay chases Cardinal

Cardinal chases squirrel. The cat

waits, ready to pounce.

Dog barks. All flee. The drama

ends fast…and happily.

                                                                                     JDG

Above And Below

Undisturbed, the pond

reflects sky, trees, and soaring

birds and if you pause

to look you’ll also glimpse what

lies just below the surface.

                                                                                              JDG

The Scolding

Not one to hold back,

that Blue Jay let me know,

in no uncertain  terms,

that weekend or no weekend,

he didn’t expect

to wait all day

for his meal 

to be placed before him.

                                                                                            JDG

When All Is Well

At this very moment when all is well

in my small world,

may I not 

shoplift

from

that

vast store

of other

times and other

places when my small world was out of joint.

                                                                                                                     JDG

Hidden And Unsought

Hidden and unsought,

her unattended heart grew

weaker every day.

                                                                                   JDG

In Real Time

In relationships

of any kind, when the old

“us” is no longer

working, we can open up

and begin the hard

work of becoming aware

of who each of us

has become and start to form

a new, evolving 

“us” from the reality

of who we currently are.

                                                                                       JDG

Mother, May I

On those days when my focus

 is on the hole

in the doughnut

and not on the deliciousness all around,

 may I gently

climb out of that hole,

and seeing more wholly, feast.

                                                                                                    JDG

Tiny Bits Of Sun

All along the road

tiny bits of sun came down,

took root, and grew. On

overcast mornings like these,

I’ll borrow some light from them.

                                                                                     JDG