These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

The Opposite Point from Christmas

June is all the way around
the calendar from Santa's land.
The Joy of crafts will now abound
as red and green begin to stand.

Today is Christmas six months hence
in past or to the future 'fore.
My Joy is riding on the fence.
Tomorrow is the season's door.

Daily heat and coolish pool
remind of winter's cold to come.
The colors of plants today all rule,
but then the lights are colors' sum.

I've learned to love the seasons, all,
for colors are their rarest gifts,
but Christmastime doth always call
to days of Joy with hearts they lift.

by Jay O'Toole
on June 25th, 2019