It was noon. The sun was blazing down melting anything and everything in its wake. But the adolescent boy standing in the corner of the street was oblivious. Love is not only blind but also heat-resistant, comes with its own sunblock.
How do I know the lad was in love and awaiting his love interest?
A young lad, all primped up and waiting nervously at an empty construction site in the middle of the day has only one thing on his mind :)
I smiled to myself as I noticed him.
The signals were all there - Every now and then he would peep into the lane ahead, seeing whether his lady love was making her way towards him.
He arranged and re-arranged his hairstyle a zillion times. Good he was young and had lots of hair on his head otherwise he could've combed himself bald. He was a bundle of love-nerves :)
And it was obvious that it was his first brush with love - unless he started very very young. You never know these days.
I don't know whether this first love will be his last (I doubt) and whether it will culminate at the altar (ha ha -joke!) and whether he will even be in the same town as his girl 10 years down the road (more likely not!)
But one thing is for sure - no matter what, no matter how his life pans out, no matter who he marries, how many children he has or how long he lives -as long as he lives he will not forget his first love.
Over time, memory might play truant and his first-love's face might blur out, but he will never forget the emotions, the wonderful feeling in the pit of his stomach, the way his heart swelled with love - his mind and body will never forget the sensations that is so unique to first love. Sensations and feelings never again to be duplicated in one's life.
You might go on to find your true soul mate in life, there will always be a special place in your heart for your first love (even if you have ceased loving your first love long time ago!)
It is something that is only yours
Something that will remain with you till you go to your grave. Something to remind you of your lovely youth, of a time of purity, innocence, fun, so-called-true-love and wonderful dreams.
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