Summer In Portpatrick Poem by jim hogg

Oh it's summer in portpatrick
And I wish that you were here
It's been so long since you and I
parked down the old stone pier

The birds are singing overhead,
The sun is shining down
If you were here this place would be
A picture perfect town

But I know that was yesterday
When you and I went separate ways
And now beneath this summer sun
The old folk smile, the children run

And the answers we were searching for
Don't seem to matter now
But I remember clearly how
You made me feel so proud
To hold you closely by my side
For all the world to see
When you and I were something else;
The world was at our feet

A fishing boat just off the shore
Is heading south towards drummore
While on the rock they're tuning up
And thinking back I think of us:

When it was summer in portpatrick
And both you and I were here
It's been so long since you and I
Kissed on the old stone pier
The birds are singing overhead,
The sun is shining down
If you were here this place would be
A picture perfect town

Feb 2010