Song of Summers Lost

Some thing's lost when the sun goes down
Something won't come again
Just as love goes cold and dies
So the seasons wax and wane.

Something's gone when the sun goes down
Something you can't recall
A glance, a smile, that warmed us once
Fades with that fiery ball.

Some things linger when the sun goes down
The soft light just won't die
As gentle evening shadows dim
Our thoughts take wings and fly

Some things are born when the sun goes down
Some things you'll treasure long
The memory of this fading day
In a sad, sweet Solstice song.

By our friend Ruth Phil for the Summer Solstice of 2003.
Of course it's our Winter Solstice today.
Cheers, Joy