A "HALLMARK" CRUSH

We all remember the joys of having a FIRST Crush:  The stomach butterflies, the heart-pounding palpitations, the sweaty palms, dry-mouth, distorted speech....Whatever your symptoms and whatever your story, whatever age and whatever happened....Let's Turn Back Time!

In Commemoration of the Valentine's Day Card Giving/Exchanging Tradition, write your very own "Hallmark" Poem Card to your FIRST CRUSH EVER!  Take a trip back down OLD Memory Lane, REAWAKEN the moment and BE INSPIRED to CREATE YOUR VERY OWN "HALLMARK" CARD to your SECRET (or NOT-SO-SECRET) CRUSH.   Say you love'em, say you hate'em, say you've moved on...Just say something, in poem/card format!

IDEA SUGGESTIONS:  Confess NOW how you felt, THEN!  Did they impact your moving-on with life in any way?  Do they pop-up in your mind occasionally even today?  Have you moved on or would you long for a second chance if you could to RIGHT whatever WRONG?  Your card, your thoughts!

COMP GUIDELINES:
*    Maximum Entry:  1 entry per poet
*   Maximum Limit:  No limit but NOT dramatically lengthy.  IT'S A CARD!
*  POEM TITLE:  Remember to TITLE your poem

FIRST CRUSH: WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN:

Lingering mysteries dangled over my head
In hues of colors, bright blues, yellows, and reds.
Painted portraits of what could have been clouded my mind
As the dancing silhouettes followed directly behind.
 
Both our faces flushed when our eyes would meet
Neither of us could utter a word when it was time to greet
Looking down and away, we both were shy
We’d scurry away before uttering our first “Hi!”
 
From a near and far distance, my mother saw the full picture
Of how our chemistry blended well as the perfect mixture.
She thought to herself, “If he should ask when she’s of age
I’ll have to oblige and let them date.”
 
Who would have guessed that, after waiting so long,
At the turn of age, you would have gone…
With another girl who slipped right between our open gap
To venture with you into a night recap.
 
You slipped away just as I almost reached you with my fingertips
And got caught under the other lucky girl’s loving grip.
Leaving me standing in the cold and in the rain
Holding my umbrella as my heart swelled in pain.
 
All those years I spent daydreaming of the day
You’d scoop me up and take me away
All the romance and fantasies that danced in my mind
Waiting for its birth met the shredding grind.
 
Strange romance we shared, you and I.
A romance that never existed, but in our minds.
How many times did we not travel across a different land
Leaving our bare prints along an island's beach sand?
How many times did we kiss passionately on the lip
Or walk hand-in-hand, feeling the lite touch of our fingertips?
 
Life changes; the world turns; life goes on
As we are carried away and drifted along.
But, regardless of the journey life has taken me through
From time to time, my thoughts would return running back to you…
Thinking of what we COULD HAVE BEEN….
If I could have had a fair-play to win...…

But now that I have found my “Happily Ever After”
I find no use anymore for our book or our chapter
For you’ve become a vapor of an unborn dream
Of what once came close but wasn’t destined to ever be…•

Ready?  3...2....1.....Go, let the thoughts flow!

Caught in a Glance

I remember dreaming dreams,
Of flying in the bluest skies,
My heart beating faster,
Just by the look from her eyes.

I remember feeling feelings,
And things I couldn’t understand,
But I just wanted to be near,
And maybe even hold her hand.

I remember wishing wishes,
Although I never had a chance,
But those emotions were innocent,
Even when she caught my glance.

Through the years I sometimes remembered,
A face, a name but I always kept hush,
A secret memory belonging to me,
The feeling I felt of my first crush.