young love is too often undermined and discredited labeled as “silly” or seen as a waste of time we pay it no heed; calling it a temporary foolishness they say we cannot fall in love when we are 16 for we have not yet seen the world or faced its worries and our heart knows nothing of love or of loss we are too young, they say over and over again, we are too young to understand what love is and what love brings we are too young to know what love stands for or fathom the pain of lost love and a broken heart we are too young
no
for centuries now, youthful hearts have been termed incapable of truly comprehending the essence of love more so, they have been termed inept to ever facing true heartbreak when the tears of mascara flow down their pink, girlish cheeks they say you are too young and this is not real you do not know what love is and you will grow to understand one day when you face real heartbreak you will think of all this as silly you will not remember and you will laugh cry not; for you have not truly loved nor lost
but
how many of us forget the first sleepless night we stayed up waiting for the call that wasn’t coming how many of us forget the first time we saw them in someone else’s arms how many of us forget the first time our heart shattered because of the utterance of a single word “goodbye” how many of us forget the silence which was all too loud the tears or the cold nights the feeling of having your world crash and burn before your very own eyes the vulnerability, the helplessness, knowing your heart is in another’s hands and you can do nothing about it tell me; how many of us forget?
cradled in your mother’s arms crying the night away tearing at your skin, wishing his touch had not stained you your father pacing up and down the hallway what has happened to my little girl? on the phone for hours crying, yelling, whispering; losing your mind piece by piece everything falling apart why does it hurt so much why does it not end? have you forgotten? have you forgotten your first heartbreak?
no
young love may be amateur but it is not false so vulnerable and so ready to jump into a new life so willing to give up everything and try to make it work rushing into it so fast and falling into his arms ready to give her your heart, your soul, your life our hearts still untouched by barb wires and guard towers
our first kisses are the most memorable we can still hear the first song we danced to in our heads memories of us pop in to say hello every now and then your first is always your most significant your first is the one that never leaves you alone you can forgive, you can accept, you can move on you cannot disremember
young love- the very purest young heartbreak- the very worst