I Do


Respect is what we will use to water the roots of our future together
Intimately growing our garden of love through life's seasonal weather
Never will I cure this fever of passion, the one that sickens me dearly
Growing old with you is the only thought that makes me think clearly

Today is the day I commit to tying our eternal knot, tight as a tether
For I promise you this union will only know affection, soft as a feather
I'll forever believe in the value of the bond that we have, an unspoken treasure
Even when our lands run dry and we find barren smiles, fighting for pleasure

My heart tells me this is the only path on which I belong, to follow wherever
As love for this moment seems impossible to capture in ink, an unending letter
From this day forward I vow to keep your feelings inside my heart, living forever  
While we traverse the peaks and valleys of this universe, our boundless endeavor

Never shall we sever our lesser by putting pressure on what we must remember 
That it be devotion that guides us in this marriage, not merely, but sincerely
And each time our journey crosses a milestone we'll think back fiercely, and yearly    
Respect is what we will use to water the roots of our future together


February 2, 2016

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 8/6/2016 5:40:00 AM
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Sam Jameson
Date: 8/8/2016 3:18:00 PM
Thank you, Jesse--
Date: 8/5/2016 12:04:00 PM
Sam, congratulations on your win Hugs Eve
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Sam Jameson
Date: 8/5/2016 3:28:00 PM
Thank you, Eve-- so nice of you to allow this 'oldie' to breath again :) Thanks for the placement, and for sponsoring-- I look forward to your future prompts. Have a great night.
Date: 2/2/2016 6:54:00 PM
You have created a beautiful poem following S O's. Directive. Good Luck in the judging. SuZ
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Sam Jameson
Date: 2/2/2016 7:35:00 PM
Thank you, SuZ. Your words of encouragement mean a lot to me; the contests are wonderful, I'm just glad to put my work along side other creative wordsters. I simply hope some of my work connects to those who read it, and that's just enough :) Thanks for the kind remark on the poem, appreciate it. Ciao!
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