In my closet I will hang
this reminder to see,
that a temple dress is reserved
especially for me.
A sacred covenant on
my wedding day,
will be a testimony of the
things I did say.
When I was a young woman
with choices to make,
of styles and clothes I did
wear and create,
I made right decisions
avoiding stylish fad.
Popularity and acceptance
I could have had.
Instead I chose modesty
and remained chaste.
Regardless of the trials
I sometimes faced.
Now I have something more
precious and divine,
A worthy husband who will
forever be mine!

It hangs there in the closet awaiting that special day,
The day I make sacred oaths and promises ,
I won’t have it another way.
The softness and white remind me of the way I need to live,
Pure and white and worthy, to my future husband I give.
The day will come when this hanger will hold a pure white dress.
It symbolizes the life I have chosen to be my happiest.

By Sharon Moake