These summer days,
Whisk me back in time,
To those warm summer days,
And stuffy nights of 2012.
***
When you would drive,
90 miles an hour,
Windows down,
And just us in the world.
***
Lady Gaga blaring,
We were born this way,
Us singing,
Out of key and not caring.
***
Dreaming you were mine,
The man for me,
Denim trousers,
Mousy hair, and those beautiful eyes.
***
It is true what they say,
You don't miss it until it's gone,
No matter who says it,
You don't believe it until it's too late.
***
Time stops for nothing,
It ticks unrelentlessly on,
But in my memories,
I'm still riding shotgun in your car.
***
Driving at 90,
Not a care in the world,
Feeling the summer air,
Singing badly but we don't care.
***
All those summers ago,
Back in 2012,
If only I had known,
I'd have told you when I should.

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