Midsummer's Gold

In the glow of dusky neon lights
You and I, two figures in the fleeting night
Laughing over coffee, spilling secrets, feeling bold
In a booth that's far too cold

You're just a daydream dressed in midsummer's gold
Spun from the threads of the tales we've told
Every heartbreak trace leads back to you
In everything I say and all that I do

Mismatched sneakers on that old boardwalk
Tracing dreams in the sand with pieces of chalk
But those waves wash away the names we write—
Gone from the day but alive in the twilight

Maybe we're just stars meant to burn out
Or words on a page, meant to fade without doubt
But in every melody that whispers your name
I'll find our summer rhythm, ever the same

You're the shimmer in the song as the record plays
The echo of a laugh in my lonelier days
So, here's to the love that we'll never hold
But oh, how it shines, in midsummer’s gold

And as the dusk turns to dawn with silver and blue
Every story ends, but I'll always have you
In a heart full of songs, where your laughter is stowed
Forever the glimmer in my midsummer's gold.