Summer Rain

You're going away on that train. The train that you called 'Military train'. I'll wait with you as I always did. We are sitting on the bench at the train station.

Why did you join the military? I asked.

I don't know, you said. Weird. Why would you join if you have no reason to?

Whispering our goodbyes
Waiting for a train
I was dancing with my baby
In the summer rain
I can hear him saying
Nothing will change
Come dancing with me baby
In the summer rain

You suddenly stood up. Let's dance, you said holding out your hand. But we have no music? I protested. So what? We have music everywhere. You said. I just smiled and rose from the bench as you took my hand in yours.

Then, you pulled us away from the shelter. What are you doing? We're going to get wet! I said. So? You said simply. Dance with me, you said again.

I remember the rain on our skin
And his kisses hotter than the
Santa Ana winds
Whispering our goodbyes
Waiting for a train
I was dancing with my baby
In the summer rain

You twirled me around and I laughed. You laughed along with me. We danced the unending dance with rain as our music.

We danced like crazy.

I remember laughing till we almost cried
(There at station that night)
I remember looking in his eyes

I don't want you to go, I said. But you just smiled and said nothing.

You know I'll never leave you, you finally said. I'll always be with you, you said again. I smiled and buried my face in your shirt. I… you said. Hmm? I looked up at you. It's nothing, you said hastily.

Oh my love, it's you that I dream of
Oh my love, since that day
Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain
Doesn't matter what I do now
Doesn't matter what I say
Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain

Promise me you'll write to me, I said. I'll write to you every single day, you replied. You better, I said and you laughed.

I buried my face in your shirt and you rested your chin on my head as we danced in the rain. Nothing will change, dance with me, you started singing. I laughed. You're always making me laugh. How do you do that? You seem to understand me better than myself.

I can hear the whistle
Military train
I was dancing with my baby
In the summer rain
I can here him singing
Ooh "Love Is Strange"
Come dance with me baby
In the summer rain

I heard the whistle of the train as it arrived. You slowly let go of me. I looked up pleadingly at you. You leaned in and kissed me fully on the lips.

I love you, Tifa, you said. I love you, too, I replied. You held my hand softly. I'll return, you said. Promise? I said. I promise with all my heart, you replied.

I remember the rain pouring down
And we poured our hearts out
As the train pulled out
I can see my baby
Waving from the train
It was last time that I saw him
In the summer rain

You went up that train and waved to me. I waved back. The train was gone and I could see him no more.

Every time I see the lightening
Every time I hear the thunder
Every time I close the window
When this happens in the summer
Oh the night is so inviting
I can feel that you are so close
I can feel you when the wind blows
Blows right through my heart

As I walked back home slowly, I finally allowed the tears to fall. The rain softly falling softly on my head. You'll come back someday. I know.

Every night and every day now
Though I know you've gone away
Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain

I know…

Vincent…I love you.