First Love

I met him when he was skating

and I was hanging at the park

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As soon as our eyes met

there was a soulful spark

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We used to talk on aim messenger

That's how he became my first love

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Words sweet

and authentic

We could talk

about anything

anytime

all night

into the a.m.

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Nourishing me

through my ultimate

love language

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Words

spoken true

unrestrained

from inhibitions

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No motives

No purpose

but to just share

ourselves together

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I loved him so purely

from soul and heart

We never even kissed

but it was real what I felt

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We used to sneak

each other into

Our parent's houses

Just to spend the night

together beyond a screen

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He hugged and held me

but that's as far as it went

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I commandeered

his hat for months

I wore it proudly

Carrying the smell

of my first love

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Then my "best friend"

intervened with gossip

out of jealousy

and our relationship tanked

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We didn't talk for years

Aim messenger became

a distant relic

for communication

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15 years later

I got a message on Facebook

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He found me

and told me he'd be in my area

and that he'd be happy

to see me

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We picked up where we left off

in our blissful, youthful days

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It's funny

how some things never change

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The same silliness

The same comfort

The same words

spoken from the heart

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15 years later

I finally kissed his lips

We went new places together

in our grown-up bodies

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15 years later

He said

that I gave him

the best sex he ever had

Now he'll never look

at a red couch

the same way again

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15 years later

He held me

Eyes sparkling he asked

"How did I get so lucky?"

and I finally confessed

"You were my first love."

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Over a decade of space

and my care for him remains

He was my first love after all

and you never forget the first time

you let yourself fall

for someone unrestrained

That childish kind of love

so pure and untainted