Years apart

Do you remember that September?

Of course I do

Do you remember that August?

You know it too

Going out to bars, warm and sweaty, the summer air sticky and electric with energy

Dancing in the grass, chasing after stars and friends who've taken too many drinks

Celebrating our results day, the long summer, the long year stretching out in front of me

The prospect of never going back to school, not never, not ever

And September, it rolls round again. A whole year since I've seen you, my dear

Back to study, back to work, a new world of students and societies and socials opening up around me

Where will I be this time next year, next summer, next August?

Its hard to see

But I'll still be here

And that's good enough for me