When I was a kid,

my favorite time of year was summer

The heat of the sun

Cool of the splash

joy that you'd come

That was summer fun

 

Each summer,

for as long as I could remember

you'd make the distance

like the season's ember

 

We'd play games, day and night

But, every summer, we had a fight

And as more summers came along,

there were less fights and less wrongs

 

At the age of five

it was spies and super heroes

we were a team

no one could get through

 

At the age of seven

it was cartoons and anime

so many cards and so many shows

which one first? Nobody would know

 

At the age of twelve

we pulled all nighters

playing video games

still the ultimate fighters

 

Summer time, when the heat would rise

No homework, no bullies 

From June to September

It was just you and I

 

As a kid,

I thought it'd be anually

As a kid, I thought

That's what forever would be

 

But every season has an end

bonds, not matter how strong, won't mend

every boy grows and ages

serperated as time changes

 

Five summers have gone by

But they weren't the same

I had to focus on school

that's why you never came

 

Now, things have changed

you're a brick wall

a huge tall tower

top at football

 

Conversations are awkward

The two of us changed

Are we strangers?

Are we aliens?

 

Now, things have changed

True, I am still small

But I've gotten faster

Cross country is in the fall

 

Hours will pass

Till we warm up

but, by than

the reunion is done

 

I wonder if you look back at summer

Do you feel and remember what I do?

Have you noticed how we've parted?

And all the distance between us two?

 

I remember the fun

Hours in water and sun

I remember the games

Moments and words without shame

 

 

We grew up with one another

You were like my brother

One of the things I regret the most,

I let it end in summer

 

Now the heat is just a bother

The pool is empty

my room is lonely 

Where is my brother?

 

I lay with the questions and the foe

Where did summer go?

The answers repeat again and again

When did summer end?