I Pledge Allegiance To Your Soul [1] Poem by Daleen Enslinstrydom

For far too long I was alone
and it was almost the same time
as Jacob waited for Rebecca.

Too many nights did I count
the days that lingered almost forever
while I was waiting.

Anxiously as without end
the days did draw on
and eventually you came into my dreams.

When I had no hope I had a vision of you
and in a dream I wrote a letter to the Lord
in which I did describe your every being.

I wanted your eyes to be blue,
because I wanted to see the sea in them.
I wanted your mouth to be red
like a poppy's first blossom in spring.
I wanted your hair to be brown
like the coat of a ferret
and I wanted you be tall
to hear your beating heart
when you draw me into your arms

but most of all
I wanted you to have a good voice
and I even asked the Lord
for a person that loves Him,
as His love would be present in your heart

and when I saw you for the first time,
it was as if I knew you from before.
I have loved you before I had even met you
as I have pledged allegiance to your soul.