This Was The Weekend

This was the Saturday where the summer was 

where the sun shone

and we played and went to village fetes 

Saturday was the day we lived for

the day we reached out for from the darkest of Wednesdays

we shopped and cooked and prepared

This was the day of boundless energies

This was the Sunday where the roast dinners where

where we rested

watched television 

we played and had fun 

and slept-in until noon and no-one cared

and where we had to say good bye to the loved ones we'd visited 

and get trains

and take long car journeys 

and then, in the evening 

we had to get everything ready for the morning

this was the day for the week to begin

This was the Monday where the weekend had ended

This was the back to school day

the back to work 

the enevitable morning that you didn't want to happen 

the day you had to catch up on

the day it didn't matter if the sun shone

the day when all you had was a head full of memories 

This was the day you had commitments 

This was the Tuesday we got into the swing of things

at school with all our mates

at work we were up and running

the day when the memories of the weekend passed began to fade

and the weekend ahead seemed so far away

there was no point thinking about it

the day of work that never mattered

This was the nothing day

This is the Wednesday where the darkness was

This was the day where you were so absorbed by work

where you had deadlines to meet

your pile of homework was growing 

but you tried to find a life for yourself 

the day of trying to finding a balance

This was the day of towing the line

This was the Thursday that brought hope

this was the day you could smell the weekend ahead 

where you dared to make plans

maybe book something 

provisionally agree to meet up

This was the day when you noticed the the tunnel actually had a light at the end of it!

And this was the Friday that was almost the weekend

the day that wasn't the weekend but tasted like it

this was the day of school but with the thought of staying up late 

a day of work but with the thought of a night out - hang the consequences!

This was the day where the weekend started

And then ..

this was the weekend!

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