First Love

FredPeyer

A shy glance

Quickly averted

But nevertheless

Received

 

Setting stage for

Accidental touch

Trembling fingers

On fire

 

Bumping into

Each other

At once

Horrified and excited

 

Seeking out

The other’s space

Dreaming of

Making it our own

 

The first words

Exchanged hesitantly

Afraid of saying

The wrong thing

 

Glorious first kiss

More of a peck

A quick brush

Of feverish lips

 

Suppressing fear

Of rejection

Timidly audacious

Holding hands

  • Author: Alfred Peyer (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 15th, 2017 01:49
  • Category: Unclassified
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Comments14

  • FredPeyer

    Thank you Kat, I tried in my mind to transport myself back to these innocent years.

  • Goldfinch60

    Beautiful write reminding us of that first love.

    • FredPeyer

      Thanks Goldfinch, a trip down memory lane!

    • 🐤s.zaynab.kamoonpuri🌷🐦😽

      Wow u described young love, first love so uniquely and realistically yet so fabulous in poetic wording. Great freeverse style and how u captured minute emotions climaxing superbly n gingerly. Kudos.

      So nice to read from u again. Hope u will write your thoughts too under my latest poem.

      • FredPeyer

        Mahalo Zaynab for your so very kind comment. Of course I will put my 5 cents worth on your poem.

      • Accidental Poet

        I remember these feelings like it was only yesterday. Except I never got to hold her hand or kiss her. It's been 50 years of dreaming of these words you penned. Thank you. A great write Fred.

        • FredPeyer

          Thank you AP, at least we have the memories of what was and in your case of what could have been!

          • Accidental Poet

            Yes, true. Great memories!

          • burning-embers

            Fred.. nice one... i'm tempted to think, from your comment on my 'dont look' piece, i jogged your memory. How wonderful those early clumsy fumbles at love have blossomed into the story of your life my friend. I envy any man who has had the fortune to remain wed for life. No, i know you ain't dead yet.

            • FredPeyer

              Mahalo b-e, you are right I am not dead yet, but some mornings do feel like it. As Woody Allen (I think) said: I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it comes. Have to disappoint you, not only about being dead, but about the poem as well. I wrote it before I joined MPS. And yes, I am a very fortunate man, but believe me, staying married is hard work!

            • Fay Slimm.

              You capture the essence of a young first love with this beautiful verse Fred.

              • FredPeyer

                Thank you Fay! Sometimes when I see a teenage couple holding hands, I kinda wish to be able to do it all again. These were innocent times! Ah, maybe in my next life!

              • Michael Edwards

                Oh those early days - memories flood back - super write Fred

                • FredPeyer

                  Thank you Michael, yeah, it is fun looking back.

                • Louis Gibbs

                  You captured the awkwardness of first love beautifully, Fred. Couldn't have been done any better!

                  • FredPeyer

                    Coming from you, Louis, high praise indeed! Thank you!

                  • malubotelho

                    Awesome writing Fred. You described so well the emotion of first love. Very sweet of you to capture those memories and portrait it here.

                    • FredPeyer

                      Mahalo Malu, you know, for everybody some memories are bad, some are so-so, and some are good. While we can learn from the bad, we should treasure the good!

                    • Heather T

                      New love's first stumbling blushes! What a fine job you've done, scribing those intense moments into poetry.

                      • FredPeyer

                        Thank you Heather! I like the "stumbling blushes", you can express that feeling much better than I do. Something I still remember after all these years is how scared I was of both rejection and ridicule by my peers, but I was lucky, it worked out.
                        What is nice too, is that we are still in occasional contact. She is married in Germany, I am the Godfather of her first child, and we are still friends.

                      • Alf W

                        Very nice and to the point, but the picture was well received and conveyed everything you were portraying. Well done!

                        • FredPeyer

                          Thank you so much, Alf!

                        • private poet

                          You captured the emotions perfectly!

                          • FredPeyer

                            Mahalo PP!

                          • sue.evans

                            A lovely poem depicting the first flush of love in a relationship - very sweet.

                            • FredPeyer

                              Thanbks Sue, I guess we all went through that at one time or another.

                            • myself and me

                              It bring all the sweet memories back. The dreaming, the kiss and the holding hands.
                              Very sweet.

                              • FredPeyer

                                Thank you mam, it surely does. And they were great innocent times.



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