September Already?

  

 

Can you imagine

It is September already?

Time is flying at record speed-

At least, so it seems to me.

 

Each and every dawn

Truncates the night before

And even though I am retired,

I long to sleep some more.

 

‘Tis the shortest holiday

This current vacation

Given the rapid passage of time

And school resumption.

 

September Remember

Hurricane Janet of fifty-five,

We’re still in the hurricane season,

One can still arrive.

 

So far, so good,

Three months have passed

And I pray for the three to come,

Such fortune will last.

 

 

Time is really flying

Though not for everyone,

Surely not for the challenged individual

Facing a difficult storm.

 

Of inner conflict

Bringing constant turmoil,

Time is stretching out unbearably

As that one toils.

 

Healing appears distant

As the night drags on

And the darkness is not dispelled,

Not even at dawn.

 

September has dawned

But it is lost on some,

Very unlike those enjoying life

And having fun.

 

“How time flies

When we are having fun!”

But it is certainly not for those

That are having none.

 

 

 

September already

But of delight and dread,

It’s delight for some but for others…

It’s sadness instead.

 

In whatever circumstance

Let us give God praise,

For having life there is still hope-

So, let’s not be fazed.

 

‘Tis September already

And we are still here,

Let’s give thanks to God Almighty

Who ultimately cares.

 

Stewart Russell © September 1, 2026

 

A Weird Feeling

 

 

It was a weird feeling…

My computer just shut down,

I was actually working in it-

Man, I felt like a clown.

 

Like how people die,

Just shut down and gone!

My computer did just that

It finally passed on.

 

I press this and that

Hoping that it would reboot

But like certain politicians,

It didn’t give a hoot.

 

What a weird feeling

That I was feeling right then!

All I could do was wish and hope

It was not a major problem.

 

My computer, if you please,

Is like my second wife,

I think I hear you suck your teeth

With a “Boy get a life!”

 

“Like a fish out of water”

That is exactly how I felt

Unable to write or post my poems

Thus, a huge blow it dealt.

 

 

It was Tuesday, the 4^th

When my computer expired,

It lasted more than twelve years

And long could have retired.

 

I will definitely remember

That weird feeling I had had

For it was on the same very day

Something else made me sad.

 

 

It was a friend’s funeral

And I had planned to attend

Whereupon my computer decided

That was also its end.

 

In the picture above

Arnott is at the fore-front,

No longer will he stroll with us-

Death can be so blunt.

 

 

The end of my dear friend

And the end of my computer,

Faithful friends they both were

And after, both expired.

 

Now I have a new computer

But Arnott cannot be replaced,

Death brings a weird, weird feeling

And leaves an empty space.

What a hugely weird feeling

When one that you love is gone!

Enjoy to the fullest your love one

Before he or she moves on.

 

Stewart Russell © January 11, 2024