 | Summer loving, had me a blast Summer loving, it happened so fast Summer loving, did you think it would last? Summer, you picked up where I left off from my winter of discontent. Summer, you paid me a surprise visit in the last days of Spring. Summer, your golden head illuminated the long days and kept me warm with your sultry and languid glow. Summer, I wanted you to last forever. So I pursued you. Heading East, tracing your footsteps past the Mediterranean, and found us both in a city of eternal Summer. I thought the dream would never end in a country where the leaves never fall. But as surely as the world turns, you have to migrate South and I, back to the British Isles to face the commitment I made. Against the backdrop of late sunsets in Malaysia I danced precariously, teetering on a tightrope, knowing that Summer had to end. I had to stand on the edge of the world to see the big picture - that the choices we make move us forward in some ways but hold us back in others.  |
Seasons change. The golden head of Summer gives way to the auburn foliage of autumn. That's the way the leaves fall. Summer, perhaps one day I'll decide that I can't live without you and I'll meet you in the middle of the world - the Equatorial line - where you never stop shining and the days are ever hot and long. But until then, I believe that when you let go of a love that's mean to be, that love will find a way to come back to you. It may take a season, two seasons, three, but as surely as the sun sets in the West, it rises in the East. Till we meet again, Summer. x