First Caress Poem by Darlene Walsh

First Caress

Rating: 4.2


In purity, from my heart and soul I quest
After long thoughts, to myself confess
From deep in my being, love shall I assess
With my whole self to him shall I express
Shall two be one till one of us rest

His love, mind heart body and soul, to access
And all that is me for him to possess
Ceremony and dance, pure white wedding dress
Then before him I stand there and undress
Wearing what I was born with and no less

Clad with no more than God has blessed
As he moves, our proximity closely compress
He with gentle movement and I feel his caress
And I, till now my chary love, no more suppress
That is life, my very soul and heart, at its best

Friday, February 7, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: love
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
A Dream for Darla - and dreams can come true
Written 1/2/2011 age 16 upon believing I was in love for the first time
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Darlene Walsh 01 April 2014

Thank you for your very kind comment :)

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Khairul Ahsan 31 March 2014

'First Caress' is a nice poem, i really liked it. This being your 'First Caress' to PH, I welcome you cordially to this forum of world poets and poetry. 'From deep in my being, love shall I assess With my whole self to him shall I express Shall two be one till one of us rest' - Beautifully said, well done!

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Khairul Ahsan 31 August 2014

Your 'First Caress' is first class! While I was reading the poem, it caressed me all the way. The note is also beautiful. A nice dream, and yes, a dream can come true, and so often it does! The poem, 'written upon believing' that the poet was 'in love for the first time', is a poetic expression of a flower unfolding itself to a butterfly. The poem is a dream of a sweet sixteen lass, of her teen age muse, whose first caress she contemplates. Beautifully done!

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Amitava Sur 20 March 2015

A beautiful expression of your first caress from your soul mate with an honesty and at the same time your excitement along with satisfaction was observed here which you cherished with content. Thanks for sharing it - Darlene.

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Akhtar Jawad 03 April 2015

It's a beauty, a teen aged beauty and I remember my days when I was 21 and she was 16. Now I am 70 and she is 65. Life was beautiful and it is still beautiful, like this beautiful poem................10

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Belle Wassermeister 26 July 2020

Wow! Very passionate writing! And you were only 16 when you wrote it? Amazing!

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Unnikrishnan E S 30 June 2017

Hi Darlene, Nice poem on love and expectation.. of the first caress.. On the bliss of married life...

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Bri Edwards 26 May 2017

Shall two be one till one of us rest..............probably rest or does rest is best! i had to look up 'chary' again. now this shall go into June 2017's showcase, for female poets' poems only this (next) month. Thanks. be well, bri :)

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Bri Edwards 21 May 2016

I am trying to imagine how you would be dressed if you were wearing LESS than your birthday suit. Hmm? Chary love? ? Does that have anything to do with the teen cherry, with which God blessed you? ? I've always felt bad that I never got one. One of my own OR anyone else's! ! A nice write, of course, though it was a challenge to keep up with you. And now you have found 'true love' and have diapers to change! :) Bri Nice set of rhymes.

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Surendra Negi 02 October 2015

Excellent one! Gives a good taste to marriages or union or whatever. (P.s i abhor married life)

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