#TBT: Untitled #7 (1991)
For the past few weeks I’ve been sharing short stories I wrote in my youth for Throwback Thursday (#TBT). Crafting fictional tales was just one of many styles of writing I explored. Indeed, my teenage years were all about the poetry – and some of it was pretty terrible. You see, I didn’t write poems for the purpose of being a poet. No, I wrote poems to get the ‘ick’ out.
There was another purpose to my poetry – one much different than easing torrid teenage thoughts. I also wrote poetry to express my love and adoration to people I cared about. So, today I present the first love poem I ever wrote. Warning: the content you are about to read may be so sickly sweet that it could leave an ache in your heart.
A kiss upon a rose petal
A whisper in the wind
The sound of the river flowing
The coming of day’s end
The warmth of your caress
The beauty of your soul
The gaze of your eyes
Never wanting to let go
A smile which has faded
A tear falling free
A thought of you today
Tomorrow and through eternity
M. xo