I wish you love

I recently saw the movie "Prime" with Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep - a tale of urban love particularly poignant to those familiar with the unique challenges of relationships in New York. In subsequently reading reviews of the movie, I was introduced to the term "May-December Romance." I had heard the term before, but had completely misunderstood what it meant. I took it literally, thinking it referred to a relationship that starts at the beginning of the warm weather (May) and manages to conveniently peter out by hot cocoa, cuddling time and the holiday event season (December). So I was surprised to discover that the term refers to a relationship in which one person is significantly older than the other- i.e. one is in the "winter" (December) of life, while the other is in the "spring" (May) of life. It was an ironic discovery because I not only learned what the term really means, but also discovered that I have unknowingly been involved in a May-December romance for the last three years.

Anyway... about "Prime" - it has a decidely un-Hollywood ending, which was quite refreshing. It is the sort of ending you get in real life more often than at the movies. I guess the lesson of the movie is the lesson I have recently been learning through life- the fact that love is not always enough. Sometimes you love someone and then have to let them free. Sometimes, because you love someone, you have to let them free.

The movie ends with the song, I Wish You Love:

Goodbye, no use leading with our chins
This is where our story ends
Never lovers, ever friends
Goodbye, let our hearts call it a day
But before you walk away
I sincerely want to say
I wish you bluebirds in the spring
To give your heart a song to sing
And then a kiss, but more than this
I wish you love
And in July a lemonade
To cool you in some leafy glade
I wish you health
But more than wealth
I wish you love
My breaking heart and I agree
That you and I could never be
So with my best
My very best
I set you free
I wish you shelter from the storm
A cozy fire to keep you warm
But most of all when snowflakes fall
I wish you love
But most of all when snowflakes fall
I wish you love
I wish you love
I wish you love, love, love, love, love
I wish you love

May to December and ever after.