The Love I Found Too Soon..... part 1
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Have you ever met someone who felt like the very reason your heart was created? Someone whose smile could silence every storm inside you, and whose presence made the whole world fade away?
That was him for me...... the love of my life. We met back in secondary school, and from the very first day, I knew my heart had found its home. His smile lit up the classroom like morning sun, his eyes carried a softness that spoke louder than words, and his lips… oh, they curved into the kind of smile that could melt even the strongest soul.
Many girls in school admired him, he was the dream of every heart, the song in every diary , but deep down, I knew he saw only me. And I was right. One afternoon, he slipped me a neatly folded letter, written in his own beautiful handwriting. My hands trembled as I opened it, and there, between simple words, he poured out his heart, asking me to be his. That was the happiest moment of my teenage years. My heart sang, my world bloomed, and without hesitation, I said yes.
Our love was everything. From shy glances to secret smiles, from holding hands under the trees to whispering promises only we could understand, we built a world together, and it was perfect. We became inseparable, breathing in the magic of young love, the kind that makes time stop and dreams feel alive.
But life, as always, had its way of testing love. After secondary school, I had to travel to Kogi State for my WAEC. It was the hardest thing to leave him behind, to leave behind the laughter and the warmth of his embrace. Still, we held on. We made late-night calls that stretched until dawn, whispering our hearts into each other’s ears. And when 2go was still the reigning app, we lived there, building love through chats and promises. Even distance could not dim the fire between us.
But then, after WAEC, I returned home, carrying my excitement like a gift I couldn’t wait to unwrap , only to find silence. His number no longer connected. Again and again, I dialed, desperate for his voice, but all I met was emptiness. Days turned into nights, and nights into endless tears. I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t eat; the world lost its color. My mind was filled with just one though, him.
He was my everything. My first love. My forever. And losing him felt like losing the very air I breathed.
To Be Continued.......
Authored by
Pauline Ibeh peters
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