Eternal Summer

When I think of you I always think of bright mornings

Have I ever even seen you in winter?

I sit alone at home miles away and to see you I have to close my eyes .

And there you are - under the baking Californian sun, coming out of the sea dripping, skipping, like a child on her birthday, on the hottest summer day

You talked so much, a flood of words but I heard nothing –

You no longer cry and think you are weak and I don’t love you.

We drank champagne, making silly promises, walking hundreds of miles together, diving, swimming, holding on to ideas of a happy future.

My blue eyes and your blue eyes looking at different sea creatures together all full of life, unbothered about what the future holds.

I always measure time by days I’ve spent away from you;

May I never have to count again;

May our eyes stay level to the skyline and never miss a sunset.