David Feela: "The Long View"
By David Feela
ed. note: The Summer Solstice occurs on June 21, 2011, at 11:16 am, MDT. David Feela gives us a bittersweet memory of that moment in time we begin to contemplate that at first imperceptible slide toward the shortest day of the year. Enjoy.
On the longest day of the year when sunlight puddles at the horizon, it’s officially summer. Every year from such a precipice we call the solstice, the long ascent and the long decline are equally visible. Maybe that’s why there’s so much light, and so much extra time to see.
Give me a beautiful sunset and a warm evening to conjure my red 1965 Mustang convertible. Just the thought of it makes me close my eyes. Like light from a burned-out star, all that flashy chrome still shines from somewhere inside me. All those layers of wax I buffed clean through the hood still make the sweat on my forehead bead up. The top folded back, the radio blaring, a full summer moon rolling like a hubcap across the sky.
