A Lover’s Promise

A Lover’s Promise

This day, of emotion, when true love is sworn,
Of un-ending devotion, from love’s breaking dawn,
And long after ageing has darkened the day,
Till the life in my body, has had its last say.

A heart that is swollen with memory deep,
A mind that is striven, that thought there to keep,
A love that forever, holds strong and will stay,
Till the life in my body, has had its last say.

A pledge that was binding, ‘to have and to hold’,
A small binding token, a ring made of gold,
And never that promise to shatter or fray,
Till the life in my body, has had its last say.

A love I hold deeply, a love strong and true,
A love, ‘sworn forever’, devoted to you,
A love, brightly shining, on open display,
Till the life, in my body, has had its last say.

Mick
( Copyright Michael Westwood 2017 )

About the author

Mick Westwood
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I am a 71 year old retired coal miner, who spent 30 years working underground. Having time on my hands, and in order to keep my brain exercised, I decided to try to write poetry and put down on paper some of my life experience, and my hopes, dreams and other thoughts. I also do a little gardening, but I am hopeless at housework. Much to my wife's displeasure.

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