Until Our Last Day

This poem was inspired by Ruth’s beautiful words to her mother-in-law Naomi in Ruth 1:16-17. Her vow to Naomi is so inspiring. Her sacrificial love is something we should all aspire to have in our relationships.

Friend, I’ll never leave you.
I’ll never turn back.
You must know I’ll be here,
No matter what’s next.

I vow to go where you go—
Through deepest of ditches,
Through longest of paths,
Through driest of deserts,
Through cruelest of treks.

I pledge to stay where you stay—
In darkest of dungeons,
In strongest of seas,
In lowest of valleys,
In fiercest of storms.

I swear to die where you die—
On highest of mountains,
On hottest of days,
On flattest of prairies,
On coldest of nights.

Dear friend, death do us part
‘Cause I’ll never go.
Yes, I will be loyal
Until our last day.

But Ruth said, “Do not plead with me to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you sleep, I will sleep. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord do so to me, and worse, if anything but death separates me from you.” (Ruth 1:16-17 NASB)