First Love, I Promise

A Poem

Pick me up
find a parking lot,
find a place to be alone together
Remember when we almost got caught?
A church parking lot, no less! Lord,
forgive this trespass
Remember when we went to Build-a-Bear
I made one for you that
looked like me
and you made one for me that
looked like you
so we wouldn’t have to sleep alone
And do you want to know a secret?
I still have the necklace you gave me
for my 20th birthday
I…