First Time

Shining brightly from across the classroom
He wonders if they’ll ever meet
She lends the sweetest fragrance to the air
Innocent was the time, she held the grace of an angel
Trying all his best just not to stare

She gives a look, and there he is hooked
From a smile as she walks by
And with the breeze, his heart it is teased
Falling for a natural high

First time in love (here we go)
First time in love (let it show)

And when he learned they’d be moving away
Well, what’s a young lad to do now
Clutching to a crush that wouldn’t let go

He left flowers on her midnight doorstep
Made up memories were all he would keep
She watched in wonder as he slipped away
To cry in an emotional heap

First time in love (the painful truth)
First time in love (lost in youth)

It all began with that dream
That awoke him to love, a newly sworn romantic
So confusing, life it seems
But in his defense, she was a picture of perfection
The purest projection, born of true affection
That remains, in him, to this day

First time in love (here we go)
First time in love (let it show)
First time in love (watch it grow)

John Andrew
January 2022