First Love
By colleen
It took all of her strengthTo admit that she had been in love onceThat she had let her heart grow weakFor just long enough to let him in.He snuck in the door While she wasn’t watchingAnd she wasn’t ready for an intruder like him.With such a kind face and beautiful brown eyes.She did not have enough power to fight him off.Her heart melted in an instant Like ice cream on a hot summer day.Her head was in the cloudsAnd her heart danced While she floated and skipped around with a constant smile on her faceAs though every morning was Christmas morningFor this child at heart.But during a quiet moment each dayHer mind would wanderAnd she hated herself for ever letting him in.Despite her happiness She wished that she could go back in timeTo when they first met and close the door quickly, Without hesitation.It would have been the right thing to do.For everything has an end Beauty fadesAs does young love.Time moved onTaking her dancing heart to a placeShe did not want to goTo a place where her love was not allowed.If she had not let him in with such easeThen the struggle to get him outWouldn’t have been so hardAnd she would still be one whole personInstead of a bunch of piecesScattered all around Some left in his hands,Some that flew out the window into the boiling summer day.Around the same time every yearTime brings her back to the place where she and her love first metA smile is forced on her faceBy the pride deep insideAnd it takes all the strength that She has left insideTo keep her lip from quiveringAs she tellsMe the story of her first loveHow brief it wasIt made a lasting impression On a heart that was too young to be able to love that fullyAnd I watch the water Well up in her eyesPushing the wave of tears backWith each bat of her eyelashesAs she tells me about his silenceThe before she leftAnd how she cried for days Because he never had the chance to know how much she loved him.And I can tell that she is getting tired.Her body feels weakHer pride is fallingAnd her smile crashes to the floorAs a teardrop slides down her cheekBut instead of wiping it awayShe lets it fallAnd it catches at her lipJust as another one begins to fall and she collapses into my arms.As her body begins to shakeAnd the tears that have been hidden For years are revealedBecause all of her strength is gone Written November 1st, 2001 © on Nov 01 2001 12:54 PM PST 18 • 0 • 8
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"It took all of her strengthTo admit that she had been in love onceThat she had let her heart grow weakFor just long enough to let him in.He snuck in the door While she wasn’t watchingAnd she wasn’t ready for an intruder like him.With such a kind face and beautiful brown eyes.She did not have enough power to fight him off.Her heart melted in an instant Like ice cream on a hot summer day.Her head was in the cloudsAnd her heart danced While she floated and skipped around with a constant smile on her faceAs though every morning was Christmas morningFor this child at heart.But during a quiet moment each dayHer mind would wanderAnd she hated herself for ever letting him in.Despite her happiness She wished that she could go back in timeTo when they first met and close the door quickly, Without hesitation.It would have been the right thing to do.For everything has an end Beauty fadesAs does young love.Time moved onTaking her dancing heart to a placeShe did not want to goTo a place where her love was not allowed.If she had not let him in with such easeThen the struggle to get him outWouldn’t have been so hardAnd she would still be one whole personInstead of a bunch of piecesScattered all around Some left in his hands,Some that flew out the window into the boiling summer day.Around the same time every yearTime brings her back to the place where she and her love first metA smile is forced on her faceBy the pride deep insideAnd it takes all the strength that She has left insideTo keep her lip from quiveringAs she tellsMe the story of her first loveHow brief it wasIt made a lasting impression On a heart that was too young to be able to love that fullyAnd I watch the water Well up in her eyesPushing the wave of tears backWith each bat of her eyelashesAs she tells me about his silenceThe before she leftAnd how she cried for days Because he never had the chance to know how much she loved him.And I can tell that she is getting tired.Her body feels weakHer pride is fallingAnd her smile crashes to the floorAs a teardrop slides down her cheekBut instead of wiping it awayShe lets it fallAnd it catches at her lipJust as another one begins to fall and she collapses into my arms.As her body begins to shakeAnd the tears that have been hidden For years are revealedBecause all of her strength is gone..."