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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=448854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Vows and Promises</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=448854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">In life we are the promises we make<br>'til death due us part; '<br>we are the vows we take<br>in ceremonies grave</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=448854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">in public places <br>or private private thoughts<br>(I shall never be like dad) <br>(I shall never be like mom) <br>vows and promises define<br>the sign posts we use<br>to navigate life; <br>from these our commitments flow; <br>from these<br>we trace<br>our views<br>from early on<br>bequeathed to progeny<br>who vow<br>for or against what we<br>stood for <br>and the dance proceeds<br>generationally.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=448854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">All civilization<br>begins with<br>'I promise you'<br>love and my devotion; <br>all hurt too springs<br>therefrom.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=448854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">Promise me<br>and I promise you<br>together we<br>make the compact<br>human<br>which makes all life<br>possible<br>for ourselves<br>and the little ones.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=448854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">Humans mate<br>with ceremony and ring<br>animals do not; </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=448854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">for promises<br>they cannot contemplate; </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=448854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">for them there are<br>no golden bands<br>or cherished words; <br>no altars<br>or gathered friends.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=448854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">No loved ones who<br>witness. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=448854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">No it is only you<br>and I who<br>stand before<br>the community<br>and promise<br>today; <br>tonight <br>and tomorrow.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=448854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">Intonate now <br>with me these hushed tones</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=448854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">She: <br>'I promise you<br>I will love<br>you and only you <br>from now on<br>and take your heart<br>and press it to mine; <br>your needs<br>are my devotion<br>these shall rest with me<br>the remainder of my life.'</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=448854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He: <br>'For you I set aside<br>my heart; <br>placing it in this silver box<br>to be opened each and every night<br>but only by you.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=448854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">For you I set aside all other vows<br>and cleave to only those l promise<br>to you and only you.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=448854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">My eyes shall see not another<br>but only your face; <br>my body shall cleave only to your body; <br>my mind shall <br>feel the ease in the two we <br>are to be.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=448854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">This marriage<br>is the joining<br>of separate people<br>who vow to become one<br>and be<br>each one for the other<br>consummating not ours but<br>Love's Needs.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><a href="http://poems.citatepedia.com/">poem</a> by <strong><a rel="author" href="http://authors.citatepedia.com/by.php?a=Lonnie+Hicks">Lonnie Hicks</a></strong></div>