Roses in Full Bloom, Youth Fading Away

You’ll eventually take the hand of some not-so-handsome boy and begin your first awkward, youthful romance. Without a solid financial foundation, your love won’t be especially romantic, but you’ll gradually fall for him under his shy, tender gaze. Back then, you naively thought you’d be together forever. But before long, you decisively end a relationship that has worn you out, body and soul, and become too much to bear. You call it first love: beautiful beyond compare, yet doomed to end. Perhaps all young love can be called first love. * First published in 2011. Rights have reverted to the author; this is a reposted archive. Theme: Cherish the person in front of you