I spent five summers there. I did a lot of growing up there. I made lifelong friends there. I met my first girlfriend there. I learned the meaning of duty and responsibility there. I learned to be myself there. I experienced pure joy and deep suffering there. I got in touch with nature there. I discovered music there. I belonged there.
When they decided to sell the place, it was as though they had decided to pull our little piece of paradise right out from under our feet. Sure, they would find another place and give it the same name, but of course it would never be the same.
I recently went back to visit the old site. The ground bulldozed, the old buildings torn down, an enormous house built overlooking the lake. It'll never be the same, either.
The past is gone. There's no turning back. There's nothing to do but look forward and move on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i1u57XeXGk
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