She was perfect in every sense of the word. 22 years ago, I was 15 years old and scared in a new High School. She was a Senior and lovingly confident. I say that not with a mature sense, but rather with a teenage, naïve sense. She was remarkable and so confusing to me at the same time. My first crush wrapped up in a green sports jacket. We were in Choir together and just looking at her sing made me speechless. I didn't understand these new feelings I was having, even though they felt ooh, so right. I never spoke a word to her and her the same. She had a boyfriend and freshman didn't talk to upperclassman... it's just the way it was then. Little did I know she would soon become my first crush of my long, tumultuous teenage life. I soon began to want to go to the school just to see her sing and hopefully catch a glimpse of her outside of the Choir hallway. She was mysterious and yet so lovely... and as quickly as I grew accustomed to seeing her and crushing on her, was as quickly as she Graduated and left my life. Fast forward 22 years. These poems represent the account of a simple teenage love long ago and the subsequent meeting and attempt at a relationship years after the High School experience. The poems are presented here in a time line fashion as they were originally written. As the relationship progressed and eventually hit it's downturn, the Poems directly reflect this as well. We tried, and failed miserably... years of life had taken it's toll on our innocence and us in general. She still, to this day, is difficult for me to discuss... our relationship that failed years later took away my childhood innocence and robbed me of the first crush years prior. It's difficult to take sometimes and of course, forgetting about it isn't an option. I love her... always have and always will. Hope you enjoy this life retrospect of this special section to my life that I hold very close and dear to my heart.
About the Author: Darin Porter is an Author and New-Generation Poet that was born in Wilmington, DE. Darin's writing and Poetic style have attracted and developed a strong and significant following of raw, talented Poets of unorthodox styles looking for a conventional voice through an unconventional means. His work has been positively one-word described as, "raw", "unadulterated", "honest", and "turbulent". Through the use of rhyme, reason, and honesty, Darin creates the true, pure confessionals that not only hit close to the Heart, but will affect a sense of familiarity in the reader through an attempt to conjure a distant and sometimes painful memory in the attempt to heal and relate to the reader simultaneously.