Covered in dirt and smiling

That was the summer we spent as young boys

We thought we owned the woods

And would get cuts and bruises

before sleeping in our beds by the end of the day



As we got older, the heat became common

When we were alone,  I felt the summer come back

And I'd see your summer eyes

And your summer hair and that summer laugh

Your dad gave us one hell of a beating when he saw

But we ran and ran and ran in the rain

Before we fall asleep in my bed





When we got to the end of teenagehood, you started to change

I could smell the smoke in your hair

and taste the liquor on your lips

Your father and you began to blur

You started to hit and break, and yell

But I'd known you forever, so I stayed



It never got better. You started to become him

One day, when you were at work, I met a man

He, too, has summer eyes

And summer hair and that summer laugh

When we got caught, you gave me one hell of a beating



That night, we slept together in a vampire's bed





Why did we ever leave those summer days?