Young Love

People talk
as if it was
unparalleled
mystic,
mythic,
fertile,
fabled,
enshrined
in song
and celluloid
but
what I remember
is awkward
evenings-
strained silences
between
amorous fumbelings
too young
to effectively
communicate
sharing the bulk
of our buregoning
emotions
over AOL
Instant Messenger.