How I Learned To Love

It's like trying to describe what you feel when you're standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon or the birth of your child.You have to be there to really know what it's like.

The last kiss we've had

Painful and so full of sorrow

The smell of tobacco still lingers

In that hauntingly dark past

 

By this time

I'm still wondering

Where you are by now

Do you also think of me?

 

You were always going to be

The first one to capture my heart

I will always remember

Those cherishing memories with you

 

You taught me how to love

You were the one to help me

Write my own love story

And together made the ending

 

I wanted time to stop

And not move forward

It's just that I'm now alone

I never wanted to forget

 

By this time

I'm still staring

At our picture taken at our first date

Do you also look at this?

 

You will always remain in my heart

There will be that special place

That I chose for you inside me

And I hope you would also do that

 

My love for you will remain pure

I know I can fall in love

With another person someday

And I know, for sure,

 

You'll also be happy with someone

Author's Note

When everything happens to you when you're so young, you're very lucky, but by the same token, you're never going to have that same feeling again. The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

The poem is beautiful. Real love can create joy and pleasure. I like the way you expressed the emotion of love in the poem. Thank you for the excellent poem.
Coyote

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

There is nothing like that first love and the memory of it.....wonderful writing.

[s y e]

Wow. This was so touching. Very relate-able for a lot of people. You got the emotions perfectly, and it flowed nicely. Well done.