These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Leaving Christmas

Leaving Christmas, the sun returns
for the longer days are here,
not as heat from summer burns,
but a little more light to make it clear.

Leaving Christmas can feel sad
because the emotions were built up,
but turning to the new I'm glad.
When the coffee's gone I need a new cup.

Leaving Christmas is a choice
for boats still docked can't sail the seas.
When flowers come we all rejoice.
When Christ is raised the lost He frees.

Leaving Christmas warms the heart,
since warmer days will be here soon.
Once Salvation's day doth start
the dark of night is as the noon.

Leaving Christmas gives me pause.
I want to live it every day.
Giving treasures shows us laws,
"The greater's found when we God obey."

Leaving Christmas means the best
will come by moving toward the next.
The mountain's climb will find its crest
in June when each muscle's fully flexed.

Leaving Christmas says, "Goodbye"
to the joys, we've known of late.
Cups of Christmas still apply.
Each moment's peace a daily date.

by Jay O'Toole
on December 27th, 2019