Love At Fifteen Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

Love at fifteen

Soft, sweet and clean
-and pure as is the white snow
-late winter's
-spring's
-so is she …
-at fifteen or sixteen

On campus and worried
-keeps a text-contacting
-a friend; her own age
-the texts say:
- "He is shy…
- "He loves me…
- "Talks of me everywhere…
- "Can't tell me in my face…
- "Directly in person…

Her friend is at work
-both of them juniors
-must return to school
-one richer, expenses on parents
-another is in need and must earn

"Stop it…
"It is joke…
"We are young…
"Early loves do not last…
Punches back the friend!

Atmosphere is great
-one feels love in heaven
-all faultless
-yet filled with
-the darkness of fear
-of the past, of parents
-and their loves,
-their failures

Sweet texts they exchange
-are the buds, Jasmine's
-in the early morning