These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Shakespearean Sonnet: "The Writer's Hope"

To publish something, that the world might read,
to find some way to tell my heart's true beats,
to live the greatest life in words, that bleed,
the sweetest hope within, my daily treats.

The world, so filled with thoughts of ev'ry kind,
may read my words, and find them not esteemed,
some art not seen by seeing and the blind,
beyond the vale of all, that may be dreamed.

But poet hopes are shared by many hearts,
photography of living souls within.
Each dancing breath is where it always starts.
The reader's heart, the wondrous gift it wins.

The writer's hope will always seize the day
by opening the breast to truly say.

by Jay O'Toole
on July 2nd, 2020