First Blush

Love must be as much a light as it is a flame. - Thoreau

hearts racing at recess

you sat next to me at lunch

with your braced, metallic smile

me grinning in diffidence

back when my double vision was out of sight

you gave me your milk money

right before our freckled innocence met

we didn't know what a rubious crush could ever beget

that cold winter day of naivety

when erubescence began to sweat

Author's Note

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

well done! i like this a lot! you have presented the innocence most all can relate to .. all the way back to Kindergarten for me and my first kiss with the little blonde haired girl .. it so crazy I remember it so well .. and your poem so gently weaves into the passions and romance and with good fortune .. true love .. the movement is a delight ... if it were a dance i would say its a Rumba ... take a moment to watch this if you care to .. https://youtu.be/l6A4DoX6Uq8
E.
ps. love your poem! thanks so much for sharing .. right here at the Cafe'

[Pete]

yes, that first crush - we had never experienced those new feelings before. i watched the dance you mention - wow, it's like they were making love. as always, thanks for sharing thoughts e. glad i could take you back ... :)

[Cyprian Van Dyke]

First of all, love the title. I never heard of first love in that way before. The poem was short and sweetly explained and expressed. Enjoyed the quotes too. A poem about ones first blush never gets old. Tyfs

[Pete]

our first crushes. a magical time of new feelings. tyfs cvd ... :)

[Dave Brown]

for me, it was grade 4
In Mrs. Halliday's 2 grades classroom
Linda Richardson
So cute

[Pete]

see - you remember exactly. we don't forget these things, it gets buried under the passing years. thanks for sharing thoughts dave ... :)

[Dave Brown]

Good memory

[mou]

Ohh!!! That's so cute.. love the turn "back when my double vision was out of sight"

[Pete]

that first crush, first young love. it was such a new emotion and experience. thanks for sharing mou ... :)