In the Summer

The very first time, I was only a teen
filled with wide-eyed wonder and elaborate dreams.
And I’m not quite sure what I was looking for
when I told you my name and walked through your door.

You drew me a map of the stars and skies
and I began to see forever in your dark brown eyes
but the fairytale ended, as they always do,
and I began to see a stranger when I looked at you.

I gave you my heart and I gave you my time
but neither one was enough to keep you as mine.
It took six long years til I could finally see
that the straws I was grasping just could never be.

We started in the summer, in the summer we’ll end

Went all over the world, hell and back again.
I walked out the door and I choked back tears

On the day you promised that would never be here.