Leaving somewhere and moving on
And leaving someone behind
Is always hard, heartbreaking
With sadness, one heart, one mind
We’d been friends for a year
Holding hands, saying nice things
Playing out each day without a doubt
That our hearts would always sing
Then came the day when Daddy said
We’re leaving here next week, you know
So bid your friends farewell at school
For soon we’ll have to go
Came that last day and he held my hand
One last time we walked out the door
Our teacher said good bye and good luck
We knew we’d not see each other anymore
He walked me to my school bus
We lingered, not wanting to part
... And then he kissed me
Said he loved me from his heart
I cried when we drove away next day
Leaving that Texas town and state
Just two broken hearted second graders
Forever victims of true love and fate
I never forgot that first kiss
The love that had no chance to grow
I wonder if he ever thinks of me
And if he still loves me so
A true love story from deep within my heart
Dee Garner
© March 6, 2008
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Funny after all these years... about 64 of them, but I still have a little soft spot in my heart for that first love and thought it was so real, so lasting. We were in second grade and I remember that day so clearly. I think about JP every once in awhile and wonder what life brought him.
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Good write
A nice poem about young love and the heartbreak of having to part in the first emotional attachment of youth.Quite a well written Poem flowing with good
imagery and balance.Loved it!George (JUDMC)
P.S. I have posted a poem called"Young Love"
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I enjoyed this made me think of my first kiss, damn it was with a boy! yuck!
This is a very beautiful poem. 
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Life takes us on so many twists and turns, i wonder if you had not moved maybe he was your true love
he seems to have left quite an impression on you. This is very sweet. Im sure he remembers you how could he not Good luck in the contest
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Ok, I've tried to read this poem about six times and something keeps getting in my way...but not now...I'm determined, lol
You know, the saddest thing, well, a sad thing, is knowing that someone can once love, but have no feelings about it later. Relationships come and go, and usually end in some degree of enmity, it's sad...why am I writing that? Well because your young man got me to thinking...you remember that love, which is great...but odds are, that little rat doesn't (at least that has been my experience) and that is sad.
Let's hope the guy still has those feelings...if so, I apologize to him for calling him a rat.
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Thanks for coming back for a better look at this, Yem. I hope everyone isn't taking this piece too seriously. We were only second graders, so about six or seven years old. We had that cutsy girlfriend/boyfriend thing that real young kids have. I do have a bit of a soft spot for him or at least the memory of that kiss, but I seriously doubt that he even remembers me or even cared once he knew I was out of town...lol. And if I was to somehow run into him now or even years ago, if we'd have any kind of connection except for that quick little kiss.
But like you say... you guys are all rats to one degree or another
Dee
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"You guys?" I didn't include me! I'm perfect!
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This is so sweet...did you ever tried to find JP by the internet??? There are so many ways to enter ones name and stuff and you could ask him everything you want to know...You might even kiss him for the second time
This is lovely...to have a love lingering in your heart...I am sure I know how that feels...
Good luck in this contest
XXJeannette
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Awwwww!
Sad and yet a warm poem at the same time. Very well written and sweet! I also have those "what if" moments about love that was lost. Emotional! Good job!
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awe sooo sweet, thank you for taking the time to write something new! loved it.
best of luck
TAsha
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i read the whole poem them but that first verse stuck in my mind - times take us with smiles and frowns, sometimes we have to just move with the flow i will keep it close chested what i am thinkig cos i have a bit of vermouth
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I think there is someone like that for all of us. Mine was a crush I had in 6th grade. I was sure it was love and maybe it was because I still have a soft spot in my heart for him and wish him well on his journey.
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Beautiful
I Loved it, it reminded me of one of my poems when aftyer 40 years after we said good bye we met again.
I loved the written poem I loved Good rhyming poetry and this one was excellent and the flow was great.
Good Luck in the contest.
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This is so sweet, i can picture you smooching your little friend Good luck in the contest
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Awwww
This write is absolutely precious and brought a massive smile to my face
I had my first kiss in 4th Grade and amazingly I've never forgotten it ... amazing what we remember in life
Gorgeous from top to bottom
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Best of luck in the contest hun
Stay safe
~Manda
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that is so sweet , love it!
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Very sweet. Made me smile,a bittersweet write. It's funny how we think things are so everlasting at the time but it's good when we can look at them as a precious memory. I think most people look at their first love with fondness. That first heartbreak is the worst too!
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Wow, and I never knew...see what secrets are kept from little sister...good thing or I would have tattled on you.. this is really sweet...you do such nice poetry...
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Oh Dee this poem is so precious, I could see this playing out in my mind as I was reading it. You should try to look him up, maybe he has writen poetry about you to
... Nice work Best wishes always
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I too have thought of my first love also.
Girls always think of their first love. mine ended up being my best friend because he married my best friend. lolssss. Then when I met steve he call steve and told him to sent me back to texas that he realize he was in love with me. Whoa. i said I told steve to tell him I had no desire to be nothing but best friend. he had all the time in the world when I was singel eo leave her but later I found out he had mistress all over the place. Debbie caught him and them and divorce him. then some of our freind said he married the girl of his dreams lolsssss
funny how life play the part in life. Well I found out she was a street walker lolssss
Love yu my sister.
Morningstar
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aw a bitter sweet move for you to bear at a tender age, I liked the sense of hope ...chances are your paths will cross again...Moons
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Wow a second grade heartbreak? that seems cruel. However, I guess it would be a good thing to learn how to cope with the OTHER ones that inevitably came later.
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Awwwwwww First Love! *sigh* I am sure he thinks of you as well, try yahoo people search or something... It would be GREAT, meeting after all these years
Love, shuvi
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