The Adolescent Years

@Uootem

The adolescent years - why did they go away?
sometimes I wish the memory too would just go away.

The girlfriend you were to me, the boyfriend I was to you.
    the experiments in love we blundered through.
the first time ever for you and for me.
    the passion that set our hearts to soar so free.
the secrets we shared in the quiet times
    the poems I wrote for you with or without proper rhymes.
the closeness between us that felt so real.
    a bond that distance and time could never steal.
sometimes I wish that I hadn't been so shy.
    but somehow you still prodded me too try.
the hopes and the dreams we created in our talks.
    the warmth of holding hands on little walks.

The us of long ago, it's so much more than it seems.
    for it has been to me the source of so many dreams.
It was all just part of those wonderful adolescent years.
    for it has been to me the source of so many tears.

The adolescent years - why did they go away?
sometimes I am glad the memory would not just go away.