Sex before Love

When my fiancé and I got engaged;

people said to me

“don’t you think it’s too soon? You’re only eighteen”

and my fiancé’s brother had sex with his girlfriend

the first time that he met her

but he thought that it was too soon

when he told her that he loved her

three months later.

I have figured out

that this is what our generation is now

where sex comes before love,

where saying “I love you”

is more scary than losing your virginity.

Everywhere I turn,

I see teenage girls

pushing prams

or with swollen bellies-

and I don’t think they realise

that their stomachs are a lot less smaller

than their responsibilities.

When I was their age,

all I had to worry about

was handing in my homework on time

and I didn’t have a clue where my life would take me.

But now their lives are already mapped out for them;

It will consist of making sure that their child is well cared for.

My mother always jokes

that I am a sixty year old trapped in a nineteen year olds body

because I am wiser than most people my age

but I am in no hurry to grow up.

When I was fifteen

all I wanted was to find that guy from the fairy-tales

and fall in love with him.

Well, I found him

and now, two years later

we are still living happily ever after

and those teenage girls that I see with swollen bellies?

I never see a man with them.

Reviews

[Carl Drake Barnard]

I absolutely enjoyed what you have written! A good piece of your thoughts :)
Thank you for sharing :)

[Realm of Thoughts]

Live life to to the fullest. Have a safe and lovely life. Glad to know your thoughts from your poem. Nice write. Enjoy. God Bless. :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, you are wise beyond your years. Too bad most aren't. A good write. (old's) :)