: a joy dot is living proof that you
: have found the secret to healing
: your brain,
: a joy dot is the universe tapping you
: on the shoulder and saying,
: sweetly, "hey, remember
: me?"
: a joy dot is the sun lifting your eye
: to its crown over the swaying
: trees, echoing your heartbeat,
: a joy dot is forgiving yourself for
: not healing sooner,
: a joy dot is so powerful, it allows
: you to reclaim your heart's
: desire,
: a joy dot supports you eating egg
: salad sandwiches four times in a
: week,
: a joy dot suspends wrong thoughts in
: jello while allowing grace a
: "word in edgewise",
: a joy dot holds your heart up to the
: picture you had of yourself when
: you were 3
: a joy dot releases your heart so you
: can breath deep at 53
: one joy dot,
: then two joy dots,
: then three more....
: and before you can say,"what's
: for lunch?"
: you are skipping around the world,
: holding love in your teeth.

A joy dot is a poem that captures a dream,
a Ph.D.
twenty five years of working it
twenty five years of holding it in my teeth
but knowing it started when I was 19
when I first tasted love in my teeth

thanks, Pat

Kathleen