These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

It's Wise to Love

To live this life throughout our days
'tis best to love a lot.
The time to live in all our ways
makes loves be not forgot.

We love each human, ev'ry pet
throughout their lives on Earth.
To live each day without regret,
we love for all we're worth.

To pat an arthritic doggy back
shows love of measure full.
To not do this would show some lack,
and leave some thoughts to mull.

To read a story to a child,
and pray, that God would grace
this loving soul, who's blest and smiled
for years this hopeful place.

To do the dishes oftentimes,
to vacuum up the floor
is a loving gift beyond all dimes,
that can't buy love some more.

The day has come to put the love
of Bruhni in a box.
So sad the heart for this sweet "dove,"
no more those precious talks.

But still the days of joyful faces
on my daughter, wife.
Beaming gratitude mine graces
for the days of life.

Love requires the full gift of strength
for the objects of our love.
The happy dance, that lasts the length
is broken when they move.

The dog, who found her warm embrace
between the master's legs
has left great tears of salty taste
to drink the bitterest dregs.

The tiny one, who could not reach
a top-shelf washer dish
is a fully-grown adult to teach
some newer child to wish.

The youthful bride I met ago
some forty years now hence
still beams the heart-filled light I know,
the days of warmest sense.

The days are passing way too swift.
My love must last beyond
the time of money usage thrift
by Love's effusive bond.

'Tis wise to love, that when it's o'er
my days will be known by
my selfless deeds and loving store.
It stays when grief must fly.

The loving days of family life
are blest forevermore.
The dearest daughter, and my wife
are always "the top drawer."

The days with Bruhni, fully done,
the grief still fully raw,
the love she lived was fully shown.
On hope, I need to draw.

It's wise to love with all our hearts.
Yes, losses are quite hard.
The love, that never knows its starts
will never make the bard.

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Prompt: "APRIL Fools or Wise
WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO? HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? USE WORDS TO SHOW EMOTIONS AND ACTIONS.bold the words in your story-poem
Poetry form: STORY POEM - MINIMUM OF 16 LINES MAX LINES 64."

Lines: 64
Quatrains: 16
Words: 393

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by Jay O’Toole
on April 30th, 2024