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Jephthah’s Rash Promise

Dawn Wang
2 min readOct 25, 2023

-June 24, 2022 -051

A promise is a promise,
When you say something to other people,
As a promise,
Other people would take it seriously,
Even though they might not care,
It really affects your own well-being.

You have said it seriously,
You will do it,
Whatever situation comes,
It’s always there to be kept,
God is observing everything,
You cannot escape.

It’s the sense of it,
At the moment it generates something else,
It bears the energy,
To give you the courage you need,
To overcome whatever difficulty,
Everything is linked.

When you get what you want,
You repay all the debt to it,
So your life could move on,
As you’ve always wanted,
Nothing could stop the progress,
As you always pray.

When again the Israelites turned to worship idols,
The “sixth of the oppressions” came,
They suffered from the…

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Dawn Wang
Dawn Wang

Written by Dawn Wang

A poet, like a bluejay trying to make you happy, I can make it if you see me every day, and you talk to me as you wish, I'd love to sing to respond to the voice

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