Pledging Love

My Love I Pledged To You

It was on a cold November day
I pledged my love to you,
We were both so young and in love
It seemed like the right thing to do.

The carefree life we had known
Slowly melted away,
We just did what we had to do
Day after day.

The days turned into years
And it seemed they just drug by,
We tried to make the best of it
We had pledged our love till the day we die.

Sometimes, even when together
I was so lonely, I didn't know what to do,
And often I would look at you
And knew you felt the same way too.

After 37 years you got sick
And didn't have long to live,
I kept you home and took care of you
I gave you all that I could give.

Somehow I thought
If I did everything just right,
You would get better, but you died
Eleven months later,
In the middle of the night.


It's been almost 8 long years
Since you went away,
Now I know a different kind of loneliness
As I try to get through another day.

I often wonder what God has in store
For the remainder of my life,
Will I finish out my life alone
Or become some other man's wife.

I have grown wiser over the years
And won't pledge my love on a whim,
He will have to show me
He loves me as much as I do him.

If love never comes to me
And my days are to be spent alone,
I hope all those I leave behind know
They were loved,
As I make my journey home.