Keeping My Word To Myself

~willjxn~

 Last night I went to bed undecided.

 Thinking of all the words I’ve promised to keep

 work deadlines,

 family expectations,

Morning woke me, thinking about —

keeping my word to myself.

 

I got up from bed.

 I organized my office.

 I watered the flowers in the yard.

 I fed the dog and took the trash out.

Do I have time for this?

Poetry is so expensive!

It cost too much in time for just me—

Keeping my word to myself?

 

 I sit down to start—

My granddaughters come rushing in;

their daddy comes in to visit me

I always keep time for their hearts.

I let them know I love them while—

keeping my word to myself.