I didn’t know that was our last summer the light was soft the days felt endless then we laughed like time would always wait for us I never thought the season had an end last summer last summer I only understood it when it left The heat still lingers in the quiet corners of every night I try to fall asleep I keep replaying conversations we never finished the ones that stayed locked behind my teeth I watched the days grow shorter without noticing I watched you slowly step outside the frame I smiled the way I always did for everyone while something permanent was slipping away last summer last summer I only understood it when it left I thought another year would bring you closer I thought the next warm wind would sound the same I kept the window of that season open long after autumn had already claimed its name Now every summer feels like borrowed time a faded copy of the one we lost I sing to someone who can no longer answer and count the cost of everything it cost I didn’t know I didn’t know I didn’t know that was our last summer the light was soft the days felt endless we laughed like time would always wait I didn’t know that was our last summer until the silence taught me how final forever can be