poem+parents

My parents' relationship has always interested me. I can't help but wonder so many things! I look back at the crushes I had back in eighth grade and I would NEVER marry ANY of them! However, my parents started dating in eighth grade and have been together ever since. They are both so different, but it works for them. I can still tell they are in love with each other today, 40 years later. Could they have known that they would still be together forever? I wanted to know, too. I loved learning this style of poetry and I'm so glad Mrs. Falk opened my eyes to it. Poetry Immitation Assingment



**Innocent Beginnings**

They were merely eighth graders when they started dating.

Who was more stricken? he, gazing at the stunning class president and star athlete with both the brains and beauty? or she, looking at the witty, future valedictorian and Harvard graduate filled with endless compassion and love?

Was he, the sheltered and reserved gentleman the one to make the first move? or was she, the carefree and wild soul <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">the one to initiate what was to come?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">When their eyes first met, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">did they immediately know <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">that their undying love would last a lifetime, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">proudly raising two children <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">as the perfect parents, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">never torn apart by distance? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">or did they just think of it as another part of growing up, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">experiencing those harmless and flirtatious glances, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">hoping to someday stumble across true love?