These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

When You Have Skin in the Game,...Literally.

When you have skin in the game,
you focus on the absolute goal
of victory, the return to Same
eschewing pain making Body whole.

"Skin in the game"'s a unique thought.
It means you're committed to the very end.
The Truth can't waver as we're longtime taught,
but the Body must at times, adjust and bend.

My "skin in the game" brought surgery
to heal the pain my skin endured,
but pain I feel's quite cursory
When thinking of _____, The Living Word.

The One, Who made all Heaven and Earth,
had "Skin in the game," restoring the Same.
He chose The Cross to bring new birth
to forlorn souls, who bore their blame.

line count: 16
poetry form: Quatrains of iambic & anapestic tetrameter lines, a-b-a-b rhyme scheme
prompt number: 5 (March 5th, 2026)

by Jay O’Toole
on March 5th, 2026