Paper Heart Cut Out

In first grade, my first admire, he had freckles and red hair

He would make me laugh, and all of that, it made me feel really good

It was just puppy love, nothing more, nothing less, though when Valentine's Day

Came around, I felt pitter patter in my heart, I wanted to make him a special gift

Just from me to him, I did the thing most kids do, when only in grade school

I took a red piece of paper, folded it over, once, twice, then as many times possible

Took my scissors from my desk drawer, and cut tiny little shapes, then unfolded it gently

I laid it on his desk seat, wrote my name on the other side, it said " Valentine" Be Mine!

I was blushing, as red as the color of the paper, my heart cut out, with my own hands

He left me a note, it said "thank you" and Happy Valentine's Day, to the one who cut out

The prettiest heart, from paper, that I have ever seen, signed, Timothy

With a handmade heart wrapped around, his favorite pencil, pretending to be the arrow

Well, this is my story, of a puppy love affair, I was shy, girlish, and silly

But, I will never forget, my first valentine, made of paper

A heart cut out, not perfect, not exact, just special, the way I felt inside

Even the smallest things we create, mean more than any big thing in life,

Happy Valentine's Day! Timmy, (Diego)  thirty-five years later!

Love, Your first girlfriend, from first grade, Crazy Carol!