Laying My Heart on the Line

Concrete poetry creates shapes, that look like the meaning. This is my heartfelt offering.

                     beats
                 beats of my
             beats of my heart
         beats of my heart for you
       beats of my heart for your life
     beats of my heart for your life with
   beats of my heart for your life with me
 beats of my heart for your life with me in
beats of my heart for your life with me in love
 living, breathing beats of love for life in love with
   living in my hopeful beats of love, this only with you
       living in my hopeful beats of love only for you, My Dear
           living in my dearest, hopeful beats of love, My Dearest
             living in my dearest, hopeful beats for you, My Dearest Love
           I waited long for you in living beats of love, My Dearest
       I waited long for you in living beats of love, My Dear
   I waited long for you alive in beats of love, Dearest
 I waited long for you, living love, My Dearest One
I waited, living love, knowing you were My Dear
 I waited, living love, knowing you were mine
   I wanted you with me forever in my heart
     I wanted you and me ever in my heart
       I wanted you-me ever in my heart
         I wanted we to be in my heart
             I wanted us in my heart
                 I love you, heart
                     I love you! __________________________________________________________

I'm laying it all on the line for you, My Dearest Love.

For Valentine's Day, 2020
for my wife of 33 1/2 years.

by Jay O'Toole
on February 8th, 2020