The Promise You Finally Keep

Fair young maiden alive and sweet

decorated before your time is spent

with self recognition ringing through

as your heart breaks free to sing

a simple song of staying true

a simple song of being you

I see your eyes now glistening

wet with tears that hover hanging

seldom flowing in these strong days

unless a child's heart touches you

a child of any age inclined

one just like yourself refined

You walk into a mist you've missed

wearing your veil unfastened and free

glimpsing around a corner stone

below the branch of yonder tree

your thinking laid aside this day

you've come here only just to play

And play you do with angel's wings

flying above the clouds you bring

to shade the sun from reaching deep

into the naked heart that speaks

of joyful moments spreading wide

without a need to run or hide

Standing tall in a prefect pose

smiling across time's empty tick

that doesn't come to sweep away

the sandcastles you have built today

as approaching in your steps not meek

the sight of you has let me speak

And indeed I speak in joyful chorus

praising you beyond heart's tender grip

that doesn't seek to hold in chains

the timeless beauty that you drip

as I behold your considered leap

into the promise you finally keep

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Watercolor: Steve Hanks