The First Time

Here is a link to my YouTube channel where I read my poetry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvQ13w_ezYI

First time I got laid,
I was fifteen.
Kim.
Black hair and big breasts.
I just knew I was in love.
She fucked every one of my friends.
My heart felt like it was hit by a truck.
I wandered lonely
as the neon night.

I wanted to slide into her,
to hold her in my arms,
to own her like a poem
written in tears of blood.
Instead, I was just a budding poet.

I felt the emptiness of alcohol
that promised the world,
that swore it would take the pain away.
Nights that one day
would teach me the danger
and the futility of it all.
I could have followed her down the alley of ruin,
that dark street that called me by name.

Sometimes in bed,
I can smell her hair,
the shadow of where this little bird
wanted to build a nest.
Passion and heartbreak at such a tender age �"
it almost took me out.

Author's Note

https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Cowboys-Poems-Short-Stories/dp/B0G33PDHBJ/ref=
Here is a link to my latest book, Aluminum Cowboys: Poems and Short Stories. It is available on Amazon.

Reviews

[RomaJ]

15 is so young. Oh my. 15 is just a baby... but this is one hellov an experience indeed. And you survived it... the memories linger because 15 is such a tender age. At 15, I was writing poetry and collecting every goosebumps book haha. Nicely done Thomas.
Roma

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you. I appreciate it, my friend.

[John the Baptist]

It sounds as though the universe was giving you a warning. Booze and sex have wrecked many a writer. What feels good may not be good in fact.

[Thomas W Case]

So very true. A lesson we often learn the hard way.

[red93]

As Cat Stevens so aptly put it 'The first cut is the deepest'. Exceptional ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Thomas W Case]

You got that right. Thanks, my friend.

[Soren]

Disappointment so early in life can leave a mark for life. So many great images and symbols as well. Nicely done Thomas

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend.

[Soren]

Most welcome Thomas