Moonbee Canady Poet Light Verse

' Beware Broken Vows ... '

Promises, Are Sacred
So Is A Sworn Oath Or Vow
That Is Why I’m Very Careful
To Just Say ‘Yes’ or ‘No’, Now …                             ( Matt. 5: 37 )

I’ve Learned To Really Think
Before I Will Commit or Affirm
Or Negate and Say ‘I Will Never’ …
(Can’t Take It Back), and The Other (May Return)

So, My Word Is My Honor-Bond
And We Can Shake On That
Our Word-Pact, Is A-Binding
Highest-Court, Legal Fact                                       ( Eccl. 5: 4, 6 )

And I Won’t Try To Wiggle-Out-Of, or Squirm
From Under, If Follow-Thru Is Hard
If Fulfillment, is Still an Open-Case …
Our Remembrance, Is Our Record

… Where Liability, for A Broken Word
Is Like, The Penalty of ‘A Lifer’ 
To Be Sadly Known, As ‘One Not Trusted’,
‘Can’t Count-On’,  or ’Can’t Believe ‘em’ … ‘Liar’ !

   (and Liars Are Consigned to Fire)                           ( Rev. 21: 8 )

… and If Ditsy, or Silly, Or Loose of Tongue
You’ll Not Be Taken Seriously
If Your Word is Always, A ‘Mistake’ or ‘Wrong’ …
That’ll Be Your History

So, If ‘I Do’, Happen At Best
To Guarantee, A Simple Request …
… ‘I Swear, I Pledge, I Vow’, … ‘I Will’ Not Rest
‘Til Yesterday’s Yoke’, Meets My, ‘Yellow-Ribbon-Yes’ …

‘Cause Promises Are Sacred
So Is A Sworn Oath Or Vow
… and Even My Very, ‘Yes or No’ …
I  Know – Is Under Contract Now …

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Moonbee Canady November 22, 2009 at 7:14 PM Hey ... Thanks (No Pun Intended - smile) Moses and Linda ... May Blessings Flow upon you, til pens meet again... MoonBee

John Freeman November 21, 2009 at 8:29 PM Hi MoonBee, have a nice thanksgiving. Very nicely written work here, with a message I most certainly agree with. I like a person's word to be their bond. And I try diligently to be sure that my own is honest and sincere.God's love is my bond, Sincere, Love, Moses

Linda-Marie Sweetheart November 21, 2009 at 5:24 PM Wonderfully written.. so unique in both its write and its message.. quite powerful .. to be someone of your word is the best credential anyone could have.. thankxxx for sharing and for your loving comments on my poetry... happy u enjoyed as I have yours... blessings ... luv ... Linda-Marie, P.E.P.S. "Sweetheart"