These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

The Importance of Rest

Peace. Of. Mind.
Stop. And. Stare.
O'erwhelmed. To. Blind.
Rest. We. Where?

A cup of coffee, sip and drink in.
Release responsibility.
A quiet moment, Rest to win,
Job well done, Heart to free.

Salty tears of too much to do.
Letting go, grabbing hold, change of days.
Youth life gone, so much is new,
cruise or train to faster ways.

Find the tree with a metal bench
to sip, soak, slowly think.
The plough mud with its normal stench
connects the mind to a hopeful link.

The youthful days of rainy mud,
so muddy, dirty, caked with Joy,
Anxiety and all its crud
was smothered there without alloy.

"Sit down, Dear Statue, in mud-caked bliss.
Your life has just begun.
Slough off your load in times like this.
The One Who loves you won."

by Jay O’Toole
on May 16th, 2025