First Love

We didn’t have to take our time

We could have rushed

                And met what came our way

Like so many other

                young lovers

Thrust together in heat and

                flawed judgements

We could have trusted the moon

                And ignored the dawn

                                warning of second thoughts

                                                in morning light

Instead, we spent the night time

                                laughing

playing games and ignoring

                suggestive feelings

It seemed unnatural

                this deprivation

                But a swollen promise

must never be forgotten