First Memory

I knew you were someone special When I first saw your smile today I knew because the way you smiled In my life, you would have to stay Filling my world with the loveliness Which I greet daily when I see you I found my heart deeply falling And my mind knew not what to do I had to try to find new ways That would get you to notice me I wanted to get closer to you So my presence you would need I had to convince you, darling In my world, you had to stay I found each night as I slept Your image would never fade I knew what I was praying for Hoping you would grow a need To have me close to you in life And you too would dream of me Many new things start to happen As one begins to fall in love I say I find many pleasurable emotions Since my eyes saw you that day What I embrace now I find I need To fill my life in so many ways As love continues to grow I know Your reality of love will never fade. (April 1977)