Popular Poems About First Love

We did happen. Every moment we ever had will have always happened. Somewhere in us will be the echo of this one. We will find each other.”
       -  The Adam Project.


Found again
But not the same
After thirty years
People change
Battered and bruised
I could no longer lay claim
To the man
Who didn’t want me again
Letting go
And releasing pain
While honoring who
We both became
Allowed me to put the love
I once had in its rightful place
Back into my memories
Packed neatly and far...

In the heart of Dallas, Texas, during the sweltering summer of 1977, Amanda Hodges, known to all as Mandy, was coming of age. She was the youngest of three children all born in Jackson, Mississippi. Seeking work, her father had brought the family to Dallas. With the trauma of the move and loss of friendships, she felt alone, easily overlooked by parents who were consumed with the daily struggle to make ends meet in the tumultuous city. At 17, Mandy was a striking contrast to her family's modest existence; a good student with a yearning to be seen and acknowledged, to find her place in the...