These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Duplex: "The Taste Lingers"

The taste of joy lingers in my heart.
Love for Humanity stays throughout the year.

Greatest human love throughout the year,
Shines as twinkling lights, that no more nightly burn.

Colorful lights, that no more nightly burn
shine within my servant's heart all day.

Shining in my servant's heart all-day
are hopes to make my world a better place.

These hopes to make my world a better place
reflect the child's desire for Santa's cause.

Reflecting light the child for Santa's cause
gives each day in the hope of Christmas's return.

Myself a daily gift in hope of Christmas's return.
The taste of joy still lingers in my heart.

by Jay O'Toole
on January 18th, 2020