Ann Foster Poet Free verse

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First Love

First Love

You were my hero. 
You showed up just in time. 
You saved me…
You did all the right things. 
You said all that I needed to hear. 

I remember that you had a beard. 
You laughed easy, and had a great smile. 
You smelled like motor oil and gunpowder. 
Sometimes you had an earthy scent like hunting.
It made me remember sleeping in a tent…with you. 
My teeth still chatter, thinking of the cold. 
Tang and tequila at dawn, 
warming my nose, tickling my toes.
I remember that now when I pass a Big 5.

You bought me my first camera. 
You taught me to see, the whole picture.

You trained me to read a map.
You made sure I would not get lost.
 
You made me think things through. 
You told me I could do it. 
Then, on the day of the test…
you said I was the best! (in song on my answer machine)

We read books together, 
We made new paths in the woods. 
Winnie the Pooh made noises, 
I had never heard before…
until you read the first book, out loud.

We were the best of friends. 
We were life timers. 

I had to leave. You know that now.
You knew that then. 
It was never going to be okay, 
In any way. 
I miss you bear…, 
but your not there.

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Arturo Michael August 26, 2019 at 3:32 AM Umm...that's tough...Nice write though... this is to drive a man crazy, " It was never going to be okay, In any way. I miss you bear…, but your not there. " Ann Foster August 26, 2019 at 10:49 AM Sometimes the best of what we want, we know we can not have, but the Season was like a whole life spent, in one breath. A day at the fair, a walk in the park, a swim on the beach with only the seagulls to sing... Ann

CayCay Godwin August 26, 2019 at 2:07 AM I don't know exactly why but this write slowly welled tears in my eyes that your words feeling swelled. I've known so many good-byes in my time that life survive in memories my heart tends and you hit the place where they are heart stored. Your poem absolutely moved me. Poetry hugs ... CayCay Ann Foster August 26, 2019 at 2:12 AM Humbly...thank you my friend. We should all have someone like this, even if it does not last. Ann