promises to keep

“I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.  
...Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.” Gen. 9:13, 15b (NIV)  

pledges  
dear to my heart  
like a lifeline  
 
you give me them  
tokens  
of eloquence  
of conscience  
of consciousness  
of conscientiousness  
 
i have fixed
my heart on them  
because mine they are  
from you  
my bond  
not of wild winds that trail  
or trade winds that wind  
or spirits that falter  
unsheltered  
from helter skelter  
misgivings  
 
i’m not time’s fool  
to drool  
o’er empty comforts  
of paradise plums  
parading  
in rainbow guises  
 
red smiles  
and orange manicures  
float me not in  
yellow submarines  
for green envy and  
blue moods do not  
indigo sunsets fashion  
of violet skies  
 
if you must break  
your promises take  
them back  
before they morph  
and let me die now  
that i may live then  
 
for Somebody  
bigger than you  
has painted me  
a rainbow  
not of pale colours  
but of permanence  
sealed by  
unshakable wisdom  
whereby death shall die  
before my soul  
shall ever drown again  
 
© Copyright 2019 April 23  
by Clyve A. Bowen♫