北雁南飛－金門

終於又到了這一天，今年的最後一個夏夜。

過了今晚，節氣就走入秋天了。

總覺得，金門的秋天與臺灣一樣，總是讓人沒有感覺的，空氣中有的只是比夏天更多的黏膩，還有，一樣躁動不安的心。

不同的是，金門的夜，有著臺灣所沒有的深邃美麗，當陽光隱沒在國境之西以後，明暗交接之際的夜空，深藍的讓人屏息，彷彿白天的暑氣皆已消散，讓人期待著即將到來的夏夜晚風。

這種時候，最適合信步走進金城後浦市街中心的總兵署，與幾個朋友在大榕樹下享受穿過氣根而來清風，或者只是沒有目的地在古老的市街中翩逐晚風。

這樣的閒適，沒有體驗過的人無法理解，有過經驗的卻會上癮般念念不忘。

去年的今天，我在金門，在一天繁重的課程之後，沿著後浦海邊回到水頭。

那一天，天際有著島嶼少見的火焰雲，幾天過後，臺灣遭遇到幾十年來最大的風災。

今年，最後一個夏天的夜裡，一切靜謐地讓人忘記這塊土地一年前曾有的災禍。

如果以後的每一個夏夜，都能像今晚一樣安詳寧靜那該多好。

今夜的主題曲是Richard Marx的Endless Summer Nigh：

Summer came and left without a warning
All at once I looked and you were gone
And now you're looking back at me
Searching for a way that we can be like we were before

Now I'm back to what I knew before you
Somehow the city doesn't look the same
I'd give my life for one more night
Of having you here to hold me tight; oh, please
Take me there again
Oh, oh

And I remember how you loved me
Time was all we had until the day we said goodbye
And I remember every moment of those endless summer nights

I still recall the walks along the beaches
And the way your hair would glisten in the sun
Rising in the afternoon
Making love to you under the moon, oh

Do you remember all the nights we spent in silence
Every single breath you took was mine
We can have it all again
Say that you'll be with me when the sun brings your heart to mine
Oh, oh

And I remember how you loved me
Time was all we had until the day we said goodbye
And I remember every moment of those endless summer nights

There's only so much I can say
So please don't run away from what we have together
It's only you and me tonight
So let's stay lost in flight
Oh, won't you please surrender

And I remember how you loved me
Time was all we had until the day we said goodbye
And I remember every moment of those endless summer nights.....

今年的夏天，我一個人過著每一個夜晚，最後的夏夜過去，或許我依舊是一個人，對於一個年過不惑的單身男子來說，有個曾經美麗的夏夜在記憶裡浮沉，或許這樣，是最好的生活。

不指望能回到相遇以前，只冀求自己能夠淡然地看待已經逝去過往年華。

明天，立秋，秋天之始。