SMILE THERAPY 26

Smile Therapy 26

I am in smile therapy
when I pour milk
into my coffee and a
tiny creamy heart
appears in my cup.

That is a message
from the universe.

TJKG

THERAPY 25- Quiet Aurora

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poCw2CCrfzA&feature=relmfu 

Ophélie Gaillard, Bach

 Life times of loss.

Quiet Aurora

Yes...a poem,
an evening cello heaves,
as an old hand
carves
pain into music;
a young hand pulls the trigger
seizing souls.
Hearts weep in reprieve,
a dozen wooden coffins
we need at dawn.
Yes...a cello that drowns out the sorrow
of the grieving and the squawking of the NRA.
Yes...pain into music,
a poem, an eulogy,
a chorus of peaceful ache,
an arch of white angel wings.
TJKG

NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT

Never seen anything like it...

You can walk to the next vacant house,
to the next vacant house, and to the next.
I peek through a picture window to
a fully furnished living room of worn furniture.
A gallery of broken memories display
faded pictures of family
from somewhere around 2010--
a census card curled in the door jam.
Bones for plants left to die in
bug infested windows;
it is odd as purple and yellow
wild flower take over in your front yard.
In this isolated community,
the people realize
you can't get out of God's country
without driving to the moon first.
It wears on you, so
you walk out onto the front porch
and simply lock the door behind you,
and not come back.
A wild idea
matching my broken heart.

TJKG

SMILE THERAPY 24

Smile Therapy 24

I am in smile therapy
when my daughter tells me
I should be in exaggeration therapy.
Real facts are
just not that exciting to me--
I LOVE climbing mountains,
picking hundreds of flowers,
living on the side of a cliff,
and dancing till the sun comes up.
TJKG

WILDFLOWERS AT MY BEDSIDE

My first few days in the breathtaking mountains have been glorious. Mother Earth's vision truly teaches our being perspective.

Wildflowers at My Bedside

My point of view is
higher than the cloud cover.
My elevation is
higher than the horizon.
My voice is
heard through the bird’s song.
My heart is
a flowing river through
the mountains of life.
TJKG

SMILE THERAPY 23

I am in smile therapy when
I travel
from the ocean surf to the
mighty turf of the mountains and

I am slowly awakened by the
silvery song of hundreds of birds.

I am also in smile therapy
when I have ginger cat cookies for people
with my morning coffee. (OH So Happy:)

TJKG

THE SUN AND THE MOON ARE ONE

Today is my last day at the beach. I am humbled by the ocean air; I am honored to see the sun pop over the horizon. The elements are life changing for me.

The Sun and the Moon Are One

The rising legacy of sun; the falling full moon
orbit in the same magenta dome.
Orange moon rises; red sun sets--
time consumes like smoldering fire.
I bend my head, fill my lungs with ocean air,
and envelop the éclat of each turning death.
TJKG

A WALK ON THE BEACH

A Walk on the Beach

She switched.
Not a chair,
not for hot sand,
but for
her sanity.
TJKG

SMILE THERAPY 22

The only thing that separates us from the animal kingdom is our ability to accessorize. Steel Magnolias

Smile Therapy 22

I am in smile therapy
when I wear my
vintage plastic
beads to the beach
that I bought at a
thrift store with
my son.
TJKG