A hauntingly beautiful song by Eva Cassidy comes to mind as we walk through Fields of Gold…
Many years have passed since those summer days
Among the fields of barley
See the children run as the sun goes down
Among the fields of gold
A young couple, still with childhood innocence, hold each other tightly as they discover the beauty of nature and each other. At this moment, as they walk through meadows of endless yellow flowers, there is no way of knowing the pain that will follow the absolute joys of a first love; not in this wonderful place where the earth reaches up to wrap them in its colorful warmth.
So she took her love
For to gaze awhile
Upon the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold
Will you stay with me, will you be my love
Among the fields of barley
We’ll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in fields of gold
Summer ends and with it so does the young love that began with the sunburst of yellow in the meadow. As she sits, alone, grasping the flowers who hold so many secrets, a girl desperately tries not to lose touch with the magic that made a summer affair seem so special.
