I Couldn't Holiday On Sifnos. Not Any More.

My Dearest beloved Sifnos,

It's the anniversary of my moving in with you. We have loved and lived together so blissfully for so long!

This morning I walked the outstretched arms of your golden shores. The seas, the mountains, the sky such familiar sights and yet they grow more precious to me with every passing day.

The colours, the scents, the sounds are anew every day with an unmatched intensity and vibrancy. I never knew it was possible for a landscape to fill a heart so full that I might fear it would burst.


A ferry docked and spilled its cargo of excited and expectant holidaymakers on your port; I watched them disembark and wheel their cases behind them in search of two weeks in paradise. They will not be disappointed. This evening I know I will see again the ferry to bear away those who must return home.


For a moment I put myself in their shoes, dragging a wheelie case aboard; standing on the deck and watching the deep blue expanse of sea grow between us. My stomach twisted in knots at the thought of this. But what if it were to have to happen? What if I had to leave you and I was only able to return for holidays after now having lived and loved with you?


Could I go back to a part-time relationship of holidays, seeing you only a few weeks a year?

I don't think my heart would bear the strain of losing you over and over again. I think it might just stop beating.

Yours forever

A Small Island Man

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