One Vow

If God would just only allow, I would take this oath and make this one vow, To die before my love would be my only request My heart I would wish to stop beating in my chest. I would pray and hope to die before her While she would always remember who we once were, Without her, a lonely life I would be forced to live And in time I know that prayer of mine, she would surely forgive. Unto God I will make just this one plead I do it not out of hate or jealousy or even greed, I just wish to die before my one and only beloved With my tears I cannot stand knowing, not to be loved. A parent must never outlive their child If so, their own heritage has been beguiled, And my love, I would hope that she would outlive me Without her in my life, I am lost and a nobody. To God I will daily make this one appeal And to this one plea of mine I will never conceal, I hope that I am the one chosen when it is time to die So, I won’t be the one broken hearted, who will reminisce and cry. I envision how can a man live without his better half Without her how can a man love, rejoice or even laugh, Thinking of a life without her I cannot even conceive Us not living as one and then dying together, I must believe. Randy L. McClave