I had no time to Hate (763)
I had no time to Hate -
Because
The Grave would hinder me -
And Life was not so
Ample I
Could finish--Enmity -
Nor had I time to Love -
But since
Some Industry must be -
The little Toil of Love -
I thought
Was large enough for Me .
Because
The Grave would hinder me -
And Life was not so
Ample I
Could finish--Enmity -
Nor had I time to Love -
But since
Some Industry must be -
The little Toil of Love -
I thought
Was large enough for Me .
Emily Dickinson
I discovered the poems of Emily Dickinson in my first year at Uni - many years ago - and have come to appreciate her more and more over the years.
This is beautiful. Our lives are so short now, even at best. I wish I could explain how quickly our threescore years and ten goes by. So why not do something loving with the little time we have?
The divisive spirit of the world, along with our own imperfections, will push us in the opposite direction if we are not careful.
The photo that heads this blog is of Shadow and his good friend Sophie happy in the Saudi desert. They were very loving animals - a credit to the loving Creator who made them. Alas, alas, that cannot always be said of me, but I am trying to get there...
"Well, you ARE very trying..." Was that the Captain's voice rising above the hum of metal detectors, in a distant field?
Not quite so hot on Friday, after a hot and still night. So I felt a bit better - got a tiny bit of energy back. I managed to review the book of poems Captain B just bought me - Freedom at the Boundary, by Mike-Philip Williams.
The review is on there.
Mike-Philip writes very well about the landscape of my childhood. And I find myself thinking quite a lot about my childhood now - the feel of childhood. Not of school though. I try not to think about that.
The Captain is not into poetry in the least, beyond possibly "There was a young lady of..." but he knows I love it.
Today is really hot again, and it's so still, after a night of thunderstorms and some much needed rain. Armed Forces Day is happening on The Green outside my window and i am typing this to an accompaniment of: Left, Right, Left Right, as some young trainees march along the sea front. In this heat! I hope there is a breeze soon, for all our sakes.
And of course I long for the day promised in Psalms when there will be no more war, but a true and lasting peace earthwide, under the rule of the heavenly government, the Kingdom of God.
Come and witness the activities of Jehovah,
How he has done astonishing things on the earth.
He is bringing an end to wars throughout the earth.
- Psalm 46:8.9
Astonishing things indeed, as what human government, no matter how well-intentioned has come anywhere near to achieving that?
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