The Start

The Start

Boy sees girl- it's the typical story

He, with sensitive eyes and charming wit

Enthralled, as she stands in all her glory

Wishing to approach, yet he can't commit

Her green eyes lock onto his baby blues

Her lips curve into an enchanting smile

Gracing him with the confidence to move

Together, they talk and laugh for a while

Easily discovering things to say

Contemplating silly, everyday things

Laughing beneath the sun's warm, golden ray

Love began fluttering its fragile wings

Time slipped away, their hearts grew together

Neither knew t'was the start of forever

I wrote this Sonnet to express an idea that I’ve always been fascinated with: we never really know when the start of a relationship is. Only looking back can we know that this particular day, or that exact moment was the start of something… beautiful! Whether the relationship is a friendship, or the relationship between a mother and her child, or a man and his wife, the relationship has a start! And that mysterious point of beginning, the start of something that had not existed before, always interested me…

            I said this poem is a Sonnet, basically what that means, (in case you want to feel enlightened) is a 14 line poem, and I used the form that called for 3 stanzas that are 4 lines long, finishing with 1 stanza that is 2 lines long. The rhyme scheme is abab-cdcd-efef-gg.

            And now you know.

            Have a beautiful day, and thank you so much for reading.