A ‘dies non’ today
Not a work day not a holiday
A day to suspend usual activity
A silent day my usual proclivity
Sat in my chair
And nodded off a while
Easy to do
Becoming now my style
Like those old folk
You see in care home parlours
Practising an art
Dozing off
At all hours
My dear old nan
At eighty in the field
Gathering hay
Old age she didn’t yield
Now her photo
Looking back at me
Come on old son
Time to make your tea
My days are easy
Thank the Lord for that
I’ve run the course
Jumped the fences flat
Met my Beecher’s Brook
The Melling Road
A long run in I trust
In this abode
In the company of others
Understand
The mysteries of life
At my command
My son and grandsons
Will help me through my days
They are my younger self
In many ways
Brian Fahy
1 October 2021
+ Read about Eric Varden today, monk and bishop. His motto is Coram fratribus intellexi. Things we don’t understand by ourselves we come to understand in the company of others. The motto is also the title of his website.
+ A photo of my grandmother, Bridget Carey, is always on my desk. She is standing in a field of gathered hay.
+ Dies (Latin and pronounced dee-ez) non was a day in Redemptorist life that was neither work day nor holiday.
+ Yes, I do doze off these days.
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