summer

part 4 of my series

falling in love and a bonfire at night

my arm around your shoulders, "she'll be alright"

your friend didn't like me, but that's fine

I didn't need her permission because your heart was mine

I was there when she handed you the note

you crumpled the paper and wouldn't tell me what she wrote

you might have been crying but I saw fire in your eyes

you were burning angrily because she cut the ties

falling out of friendship and a bonfire at night

you cried on my shoulder, "will you be alright?"

you said "no, I think she hates me"

"she shouldn't be angry just because you're dating me"

you stopped in the hall every time you saw her

like you wanted her to say you could go back to what you were

laughing on her front lawn, throwing water balloons

but your summer didn't come that soon

the pieces fell into place at a bonfire at night

she tapped you on the shoulder in the dim light

she was only there because she had to be

she wasn't going to come, but she needed to say sorry

you want to take her back, I see it in your eyes

but instead you turn your back, take a drink, and I see the lie:

broken heart, lost in the dark under the shadow sky

and suddenly I know why she really said goodbye