OCTOBER by Robert Frost
O hushed October morning mild,
Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;
Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild,
Should waste them all.
The crows above the forest call;
Tomorrow they may form and go.
O hushed October morning mild,
Begin the hours of this day slow.
Make the day seem to us less brief.
Hearts not averse to being beguiled,
Beguile us in the way you know.
Release one leaf at break of day;
At noon release another leaf;
One from our trees, one far away.
Retard the sun with gentle mist;
Enchant the land with amethyst.
Slow, slow!
For the grapes’ sake, if they were all,
Whose leaves already are burnt with frost,
Whose clustered fruit must else be lost—
For the grapes’ sake along the wall.
Yes. A message from all us elderly grapes: "October, don't rush us along too quickly. Please." Although, on the other hand, every day that goes past is one day nearer to our rescue, to the moment that the Kingdom of God removes every vestige of the current wicked system of things from the earth.
The photo above is one Col took of the curly bench. It is our calendar photo for October.
What can I say about the News - beyond that it does confirm what a tragedy we, the damaged children of Adam, are presently living in. The News on Friday was full of the fact that there has been an election and that one party has done very well indeed at the expense of the other. Well, that has been happening all my life... not sure what all the excitement is about, especially in the face of all that is happening in the world.
As I am trying to be "no part of the world", as Jesus instructed his followers, I don't vote anyway.
The News on Saturday and Sunday is full of both the frightening escalation of troubles in the Middle East - and the elections. These things are surely connected as politics works to divide people. Isn't that one reason why our Creator teaches us to be "no part of the world", to stay out of its divisive politics and its cruel wars? How many more are going to die because we are not paying attention? And what is happening to the hostages taken during the attacks?
And what can be done that won't make everything worse, and increase hatred and violence on both sides?
Surely we are seeing the truth of the warning in Jeremiah that "it does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step"?
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