QUIET DAY IN NOVEMBER

Each November there is a tradition, a feast for a day,

Appreciate and be thankful for what you think you don’t have.

So many lessons we have never learned in a country of anger,

A fast-paced life as we pass one another by, a face seen, a name not known.

When will we stand together as they did so long ago in sixteen twenty one,

Put all differences aside, racism, the color of skin, and all those crazy protests.

Let’s make it a quiet day in November, rest, be with your families, don’t take for granted,

Thanksgiving is easier, football games and a beer or possibly a few drinks to think over.

Enjoy your day as some can not have, eat more than you need as others don’t have,

A day of health and happiness is more than a material thing wished for too often.

So let’s have a quiet day in November. Have some peace for just a while anyway,

The Autumn leaves are falling, just as they did hundreds of years ago on a Fall day.

                                      Keith Garrett