The Girl I Loved First
You were the prettiest girl in the sixth grade
A ray of sunshine mixed in with so many cloudy days
You were the first girl who slipped away
I wish that it didn't turn out this way
We didn't hit it off when I first met you
But seeing how beautiful you were made it hard to forget you
I hoped that we could be together someday
But I was just a shy kid, who didn't know the right words to say
So I decided that teasing you was the right way to go
It was the only way that I could get your attention, it was my only hope
I know it wasn't the best place to start
I just wasn't meant to find the key to unlock your heart
I made a horrible mistake when were we were walking home that day
I never meant to hurt you, but how could you see it any other way?
I broke something that was important to you
It was in that moment that I lost something too
The day that I broke your purse
Seeing you look at me like I was the worst
Watching you running home crying
It just tore me up inside
From that point on, I decided to leave you alone
Never letting my true feelings show
The day that I broke your purse
Was the day that I lost The Girl I Loved First
From Rhymes With A Reason
Copyright 2018 Resisting Distress Publishing
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I am a writer who writes poetry & plays. I have also written a short film & I created an animated series on You Tube. Included on Power Poetry are seventy poems from my five poetry collections, Rhymes With A Reason, Too Much Unwanted Noise, Broken and Burned Bridges, Dying On The Inside and Fool’s Gold and Fool’s Paradise
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Deeply personal regret narrative; specific sixth-grade incident drives entire poem.
Multiple ideas per 10 lines: attraction, shyness, teasing strategy, breaking purse, loss.
Strongly negative: regret, guilt, shame, heartbreak dominate throughout.
Moderate intensity; emotional turbulence but contemplative, not explosive delivery.
Approximately 31-35 lines; extended narrative reflection on single formative moment.
Some simile and metaphor (ray of sunshine, unlock heart) but mostly declarative.
Pure first-person lyric confession; introspective voice revealing internal regret directly.
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