“One day you turn around and it’s summer, next
day you turn around and it’s fall”
(With thanks to Sammy Cahn)
Want, Need, Loss, Fear, Atonement:
I have a lot going through my head this month:
I have remembered and eulogised, recollected and ached, recalled and cried;
I have a lot going through my head this month:
I have remembered and eulogised, recollected and ached, recalled and cried;
So many deaths, so many losses, so many fears,
so much sadness, so many tears.
so much sadness, so many tears.
Regrets are universal, as are fears but September…
oh
September we have so many of both!
9/11, Hurricanes and Super Storms, Battle of Britain,
Libya,
and this year wildfires, refugees, the so-called Caliphate;
so much death, so many afraid, countless in need.
and this year wildfires, refugees, the so-called Caliphate;
so much death, so many afraid, countless in need.
What does one do, what can one say to ease the collective
pain;
especially if we have done little to help and assuage the pain and need?
especially if we have done little to help and assuage the pain and need?
How do we as human beings help each other through the
Septembers?
“For the sins, we have committed under duress or willingly…
Forgive us, pardon
us, and grant us atonement”
May we all be written and sealed for a good year.
Ronda R. Scott-Marak
© 22 September 2015
© 22 September 2015
9th Day of Tishrei 5776
and it seems July is becoming the new September
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