First Amongst Equals

I heard the bad news today
Sad tidings have wings.
I turn off the phone
And sit in the garden
I need old memories
I know we were
no longer close
But you were my first
We met on the deserted beach
So long ago I just a boy
You stopped by my blanket
So beautiful so confident
The sea whispered
Danger beware beware
You lay next to me
Is this my time I thought
Is she for me
Is it now
Hush Hush cried the wind
Be calm it is your time
I lay between ecstasy
and the sand
The waves in unison
With my passion
Until the sound of
Them breaking and crashing
On the rocks
Exploding as I passed through
The doorway to manhood
A place of no return
You were my first
And I will always remember you
With a gratitude and love
Far beyond those that followed.