These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Who We Are

We want to believe, that who we are
is who we're supposed to be,
but socializing is such a jar
when others are unimpressed "with me."

We want to believe, we matter a bunch,
but something is terribly wrong
when labels are "salted" 'cause I have a hunch,
that others just don't like "my song."

We want to believe, the Bible is true.
It IS true, believe it or not.
It's verses are best for both me and you.
Let's listen to what may be forgot.

"A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly."
The Lord Himself knows how much I have tried,
but these friendly efforts have been quite upended
when others not knowing they're friendly, decried.

So, who are disabled among human souls?
The ones, who reach out so hard to befriend?
Or those, so locked into their own minds as whole
refuse all the others, whom they ought to tend?

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Proverbs 18:24, KJV,
“A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly:
and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.”

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by Jay O’Toole
on August 19th, 2025