The Little Love Button

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQqzu0P6uKw Here's a link to my YouTube channel where I read my poetry.

A long time
ago
when I was
a teenager,
I had a
wonderful,
tender-hearted
girlfriend.
She was patient.
I was wide
awake, and green
as a frog.

She said,
don't rub it so
hard, you will
hurt it.
Think of it as
a new toy you
discovered.
It's small, and
you need to be
careful.
It isn't a
pimple that
you are
trying to pop.

I can still smell
her hair, lilacs, and
pond water.
And on
gentle summer
nights, I hope someone
is being kind to
her love button.

Author's Note

I read my poetry on my YouTube channel from my recently published books: They are Seedy Town Blues Collected Poems, It's Just a Hop, Skip, and a Jump to the Madhouse, and Sleep Always Calls. They are available on Amazon.

Reviews

[Jansy]

The memory folds smooth into each line...the scent, the summer nights, the patient guidance. There’s a softness here that doesn’t need to be loud to be felt; it’s a careful, attentive kind of devotion, and it stays with the reader like a whisper.

-James

[Thomas W Case]

Much appreciated, my friend.

[Michael Sun Bear]

If only we could do it all over again. A lovely recollection lovingly written. You have aroused my own memories of long ago.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend.

[Soren]

In a diminutive term one has made the powerful cute. A fun read my friend

[Thomas W Case]

Much appreciated, my friend.

[Soren]

Most welcome Thomas

[RomaJ]

Such a tender memory, Thomas. The care and gentleness in your words..small gestures and vivid senses..make the poem linger. It’s quiet, intimate, and deeply moving.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you so much my friend

[red93]

Nice Work again Thomas - thank G-d for those patient tender-hearted girls we first hooked up with - they were great tutors. Really Excellent ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Thomas W Case]

Appreciate it, old boy.

[red93]

✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Buddhistboy73]

Nice write ...:)

The little love button....It flows well and I like the lines about the frog and being "green"...
A humorous and well penned poem...

Made me smile to myself this evening....thanks for sharing..

BB73

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend.