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'Sweethearts Once Again'- a collaboration with James Fraser

School days indeed such memories they are
Some stayed close to home,whilst some travelled afar
But where of my first love,where did she go
Our first dance together when i was her Beau

The lovely Olivia,long brown hair,petite
Will she be at the reunion,will we again meet
I still remember the day into the distance she went
To University, beyond,I still sense her perfumed scent

Butterflies,trepidation,after all these years
The evening is soon upon me,I'm nervous for tonight's fears
What if she is there,will she remember her first Beau
I'll only ever know,to the local hotel I now go

I take a familiar path,we walked it so many times
Retracing past moments with her,our footsteps so in rhyme
Through the doors i go,so many faces from past i see
I don't see Olivia,but so many say hello to me

I have never forgotten your eyes,blue as the sea
Through the crowds I could see you staring at me
Could it be after so many years far away?
That a candle still flickers in our dark destiny?

You reached closer to me,amongst many friends
I wondered how it felt to be touched once again by your hands
Allured by each others silence under an ocean of stars
In the same spot where the prom boy once asked me to dance

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  1. Date: 3/21/2011 11:14:00 PM

    There is something so strange and wonderful about thinking back to old sweethearts like this, Celene. I've seen school mates getting older and older over the past 35 years and that makes it all the stranger. To see these people I had crushes on after 35 years. Sometimes shocking to see. haha. How nice you could do a poem on this topic with James. I wish you both good luck! Luv, Andrea

  1. Date: 3/18/2011 6:48:00 PM

    Soup Mail on this beautiful write luv..

  1. Date: 3/12/2011 7:06:00 PM

    brings back fond memories : )

  1. Date: 3/12/2011 9:40:00 AM

    This is a beautiful poem. I never had a high-school sweetheart. Very hard if you are going to an all boy school, taught by the Christian Brothers. I did meet my sweetheart late in life and it was love at first sight. Thanks for you comment on my latest poem. Jancarl

  1. Date: 3/11/2011 1:15:00 PM

    Lovely collab with James, Celene. Lovely imagery transporting the reader to the scene. Always a treat to read you, Celene. Always, Annalise

  1. Date: 3/11/2011 9:30:00 AM

    Excellent collaboration Celene with James and good luck in the contest by Lay.. lovely lines resonate the theme she is looking for my friend.. so happy to hear from u at last again.. u have soup mail too.. happy weekend with luv..