These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Autumn

Changing leaves. Changing days.
Changing lives we live.
Darker nights. Light displays.
Giving what's to give.

Gifted words. Hopeful goals.
Sharing lively hearts.
Breezy nights. Soon quite cold.
Freezing winter starts.

But for now. Mild the temps.
Gentle on the mind.
Lightest hair now unkempt.
Wooded walks to find.

Quite alone 'mong the trees.
Whispered words to know.
Walking slow, stress it frees.
Safely there we grow.

Changing leaves. Changing weeks.
Changing what we do.
Lighter hearts as we seek
Time with Christ anew.

by Jay O’Toole
on October 24th, 2025