Summer Solstice

The Summer Solstice is one of my own personal holidays.

The longest daylight of the year
The digits 621 in that order
The way that " June 21 " looks, smooth and liquid like a milky white pebble (and a little blue).
A drop of water resting on that calendar day.
Other cultures had in their architecture aspects that revealed their secrets on this day.

My Dad would point it out every year.
That it was the longest day and that we should do something special.

He would also point out the Winter Solstice.
It seems appropriate to celebrate the march of days working up to this point.

And now,
the days will get shorter.
Even though it is still early summer,
to me, the summer solstice foreshadows December.
Just as every day was reaching for the sunlight which this day has crested,
now every day will inevitably recede toward winter, towards the the day which is most enveloped by night.

And so many people around me will not notice.
But I know. Now we're headed for December, for cold and dark. But, it's a natural cycle, and another great adventure.

It is not depressing or sad in any metaphorical sense.
It's another changing process.
Now I look forward to the day when the sunlight will begin again to make it's push for summer. It's a constant revival.
And always,
another great adventure.