The simple kind of pure.

I have a ring on my left finger,
the only ring that has ever been put on there,
& I couldn't be more in love with what it represents.

Your ring finger is the only finger that has a vessel that runs straight to the heart
& that's why I believe this ring belongs there, because it symbolizes everything my young heart wants to keep.

Ever since I knew what a purity ring was , I always wanted one. Well I told my mother that if I could picture a man proposing to me , I always saw him taking off my purity ring & putting on the engagement ring.
So on my 16 birthday , i received the most meaningful ring that anyone could ever give me.

I went down to the back of my house where there is a tree  & in that same spot 4 years ago i spoke to a guy on the phone, a guy who just shook up my world more than i ever thought someone could..
"I don't believe in sex before marriage"
"You're super young, call me when you're a junior in high school & I bet you'll think differently."
4 years later , there I was & that's where I put on my ring, that's when in my head the same words that someone told me swifted through my mind "I make a commitment to myself, to God, to my parents , to my future spouse, to my future children that with God's grace, I will be sexually pure by practicing the virtue of chasity , and I will remain a virgin until the day I enter into the Sacrament of Marriage."...

They say it's almost impossible,
to follow all ancient ways.
Starting with working on the fields,
to only communicating by writing letters to the military base.
Call me unrealistic , tell me theres no such thing as living a young life with such restrictions.
I'm not going to say it'll be easy ,
much less encourage you to follow all my ways.
I too am nothing but a sinner,
 who's been tempted on weak days.
It's crossed my mind one two many times ,
of leaning the other way.
There's no doubt small mistakes have lead me now to a mind set,
 that can't be stray.
I can't deny that I am anxious to meet the man,
who will lay with me as we watch night turn in to day.
Repeat & defeat in unison each & everyday.
 Untill that day comes a long, 
my heart will stay on it's guard .
 Seeking from our devine,
I pray for this wisdom to speak & linger amongst many adolesence hearts like it did with mine.
- nathallie.