The Ghosts of Summer's Past

There is a comfort in longing for
 Something that's gone forever
 It shows how much that something meant to you
 When it was here

 To a person who claims
 To never having had anything
 They can be confronted by
 The empty space where something once was

 I could only remember feeling so bad
 When the present time was passing by
 Looking back now I realise
 That the best and worst times in my life
 Could coincide

 My greatest achievement is also my greatest loss
 The best thing I ever had is forever gone

 It is a dark and fulfilling feeling of frustration
 To reminisce and feel the opposite of anticipation

 It is a talent of the soul
 To discover the joys in pain
 Thinking of moments you long for
 Knowing you'll never have them again

 A moment of euphoria
 Inspired by a photograph from that summer
 I remember how we hated everything
 And in that we managed to find comfort in each other

 Those days are gone, my heart goes on
 I long for the way it used to be
 When summer comes it will return
 That feeling will become again
 It comes on strong and so fast
 But you know that it won't last
 It's just the hauntings of
 The ghosts of summer's past

 And though they are far behind me
 I can still hear them calling
 As if they were right beside me
 Tempting my comfort in longing