Summer's Song

The start of summer always brings a lot of excitement around our house as we look forward to all the things we hope to do together. If this year's like others, we'll get around to most of them. Some, though, likely will be forgotten, overridden by events, or deemed impossible.

Even as summer begins, I feel a sense of melancholy. I know how fleeting the season will be, how little time we have before cold weather returns. But then, it's likely the knowledge that it won't last that makes it so very precious.

I wrote the words below as last summer ended. I'm posting them below as a reminder to myself to make the most of what we have.


Summer's Song

The summer sky seems endless
But I know it isn’t true.
The cold will soon be on us
And I’ll say goodbye to you.

If I could, I’d stop the time,

And summer wouldn’t die.
And we would play together
‘Neath that endless summer sky.

Summer’s song runs through my mind.
It wants me in my dreams.
But when I see the sunrise,
It’s all cracking at the seams.

I feel so lost and friendless
But I know it isn’t true.
The cold can’t come between us
If I keep my thoughts on you.

If I could, and I stopped time,
And summer wouldn’t die.
We wouldn’t stay together
‘Neath that empty summer sky.

Summer’s song runs through my mind.
It taunts me in my dreams.
But when I see the sunset,
It’s all cracking at the seams.

The summer sky seems endless
But I know it isn’t true.
Before the cold’s upon us
I will say goodbye to you.

Spring would never come for us
If summer didn’t die.
I long to play together
‘Neath the dawning summer sky.

Summer’s song runs through my mind.
It haunts me in my dreams.
But when I see the sunset,
It’s all cracking at the seams.

If I could, I’d move up time,
Not watch this summer die.
For we will play together
‘Neath next summer’s perfect sky.

Summer’s song runs through my mind.
It haunts me in my dreams.
But when I watch the sunset,
How much prettier it seems.