These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

English Sonnet: "Planning Ahead"

The future is a tricky thing to guess.
We think we know where market value goes,
but what of weather, that can curse or bless?
When Future's Now what are the lasting woes?

The future of our days upon the Earth
seem tentative from many'a factored cause.
The breaths we take for decades from our birth
behoove us that in sober thought we pause.

The future of our lasting lives for aye
doth cause us painful look at truths we hold.
Some live for just the feelings of today.
What do we do wi'the Gospel Gift so told?

This life is short. Eternity is long.
Will living there be doleful or a song?

by Jay O’Toole
on January 21st, 2026