These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Ochtfochlach: "Transitions"

Childhood ends when the diploma comes.
Summer ends when a dear carol hums.
Lifetime ends when all the days are sums.
Sadness sees ends, but Joy sees the new.
Dad must now find some new thing to start.
Winter attends Christmas from the heart.
Live each day, 'til it's time to depart.
Joy is the gift, that makes Hope now brew.

by Jay O’Toole
on July 25th, 2022