SMILE THERAPY 30

Smile Therapy 30

I am in smile therapy
when I stay late in
bed and listen to the
rain fall. 
It is that simple.

TJKG

VIVE PRO HODIERNO

Vive Pro Hodierno

Yesterday,

cracked open,

broken bones find unearthly shapes—

viper words whip past your lips

landing like a

sledge hammer to cold hard steel—

the past

pounding relentlessly in my head.

Today,

vast night air cleanses—

passions’ emptiness

settles soot from calamity--

Held breath unchained

blends perfectly into peace.

And standing close

next to you, my temple;

I have found my religion.  

TJKG

SMILE THERAPY 29

Smile Therapy 29

I am in smile therapy
knowing I
question each of my
actions, and have
speakable and
sharable thoughts.
TJKG

I LAUGH KNOWING I AM APPROACHING 50

  You, as much as anyone in the universe, deserve your love and  respect.  Buddha

I Laugh Knowing I Am Approaching 50

She looks like a woman I never met.

Her wiry hair forms phone-cord curls,

energized words fall like afghans

over pale shoulders seemingly

wrapped around a skim milk 

woman who fades away from her.

Coffee and bangles, a ladies’

mirage, a freckled smile

accompanies an over-produced world.

She clears, and I hear her say confidently,

“I laugh knowing

I would never do that.”

She would never do what?

              I ask myself and sip my cappuccino--

She would never say no to inconvenience

when she knows no means no.

Never say I am beautiful in a mortal world.

Never do what a man does, knowing she can--

as she constantly banters inequalities’ tired face.

Never find fury in the homeless heart,

as she feeds a pop-tart to her own off-spring.

Never find resolve in a voice worth hearing,

a voice screaming vulgarity in frozen hell.

Never realize you are worth more than the money

or the silent murderers who roam in the public eye.

I weep knowing I would never do that.

We met in the day the way

siblings pass in the hallway.

A sea-shell night-light glows,

the bathroom door closes,

and like lovers lost

in the journey of time.

A quiet rehearse,

a tender  questioning,

a reproach of togetherness,

two strangers focus on daily coffee.

And a phone rings, unearthly sounds

tares our café bubble.  

We stoically breathe, hoping

we will never laugh at our freedom.

TJKG

SMILE THERAPY 28

Smile Therapy 28

I am in smile therapy when
I ride my new
vintage Suburban Schwinn
at the beach and

at the perfect time, I witness

a father and his baby daughter

exchanging a lovingly beautiful smile--

pure, innocent love combined in

our five second connection.

My heart swelled and 

melted at the same time.

A memory
burned inside of me like the sunrise.
TJKG

OZ IN US.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Dalai Lama

Oz In Us

I love the

ruby slippers

you gave me.
I just love them.
And for those

unworn shoes,

(which fit my feet

perfectly)

your legs

deserve my hands

to push the

fluid from the

swollen home

of your ankles.
TJKG

SMILE THERAPY 27

Smile Therapy 27

I am in smile therapy  when
I read this quote from the
Dalai Lama--
"Know the rules well, 
so you can break them effectively."
Seriously....I am smiling!
TJKG