British Summertime

Leaving at dawn to beat the traffic, do you remember that too?

Curled asleep on the back seat, do you remember that too? the

Soundless dark, the empty road, do you remember that too? and

That child asleep, only eight years old, do you recognise as

You?

June, july, september, stretched ahead and out of view. the

Whole world seemed a safe place, and never ending too. but it

Was never as simple as you thought, there were just things you

Never knew, and up ahead your parents bore the weight of all

Their worries and yours too.

Windows down on the coast road, wanting to be first to see the

Sea. the whole world seemed a safe place, temporarily. but it

Was never as simple as you thought, and you found out as you

Grew, that up ahead your parents had borne the weight of all

Their worries and yours too. all their worries and yours too.