Love Poem: Firsts
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Written by: Rene Carter

Firsts

each novelty 
a penny in a jar 
adding up 
to who we now are

even when it’s full 
you cannot start new 
fresh experiences 
start becoming few 

again in our head 
they play and they play 
what can’t be lost 
we wish would go away 

so we settle 
to forget the riveting firsts 
doing everything we can 
to numb our hopeless thirsts