this summer has been a mix of intoxications.
of infatuations and complications.
someone who wanted to spend the entire summer
together no longer wants to communicate past a simple
"hello".  
someone who i wanted to spend the entire summer with vanished after the final graduation celebration.
my closest brother took one step too far off the diving board
and closed his eyes before he knew someone was there to save him.
the perspiration on my good friends lip caused me to turn away in fear of change and therefore abandonment.
I'll leave this hometown
in less than two weeks.
Summer will be over and all its intoxicating breaths.