Sweetwater Fling

Years ago, hot summer romance; Young hearts never had a chance. Quaint and backwoods southern town; She never got her wedding gown. Promised to love 'til endless time; Sudden brief affair; rapt, sublime. Picnic lunches, days at fair; Lived without one single care. Her parents did not approve. Her independence she had to prove. Secret meetings, dark whispers of love; The future wasn't much thought of. When her stomach began to swell, He said he didn't know her very well. Without a goodbye, left town in haste, First love had bitter aftertaste. Wherever she later chose to walk, She was shadowed by the talk. The whispers followed her forever. She had a lovely child, however.