These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Nights of Lights

Finding hope in Valley Dark,
shorter days and all.
Nights of Lights we must embark
to hear the joyful call.

Colder times make bundle warm
the people where we live.
Cheery faces take the form
of those, who joy can give.

Twinkling lights through lifting cause
our hearts to see a way.
Gentle nights know Santa Claus,
who kneels before The Day.

Nights of long dark peal the Truth,
"The Light has come to save.
He died upon the cross in His youth.
He's Victor o'er the grave."

Light of Life removes the dark
in hearts, that He receives.
Night must leave to disembark,
replaced as Truth perceives.

by Jay O’Toole
on December 11th, 2023