WEN: F0F882
Exhibitor Name: Dawn Salari
Division: Poetry (Adults)
Class: 01 Poetry
First Love
My heart begins to beat faster and louder inside my ear
My stomach does a flip when our eyes meet
I think about you in the moments when I am alone
I memorize the places you have touched
The very thought of you brings me joy
But I am very nervous when you’re around
I ask myself what makes you special?
Is it the small things you do for which I only notice?
I love the feeling of our hands entwined
The same feeling when I lay my head across your warm chest
I have this greed to be with you
And only with you do I truly feel understood
Is this what it feels like to have my first love?
If you were to ask me then I would disappoint
Because I have never once felt this
When my stomach drops it’s only due to a sudden caught attention
My heart never accompanies after
Perhaps my fate is to wait
In my daydreams or until the years pass
But waiting is an easy task
I just hope I don’t realize my situation when decades have gone by
I’ll try a bit har der, but I hope whoever also does the same
Maybe eventually I’ll have my first love
Even if it’s not today, tomorrow, or even the many days after that
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