as summer slips,

my heart it skips.

lost in the sun,

it cannot be undone.

water that flows on

broken bones.

the wind at night howls 

and moans.

ushering the end of such sweet bliss.

wandering about plagued with what i’ll miss.

love under brilliant stars,

drinking in speeding cars.

cocaine and wild boys,

awash in the joys.

days of endless promise.

kisses of boys that i’ll miss.

my heart could burst into pieces,

fold into creases,

anything to keep the warmth on my back.

keep these things that i lack.

when the fall settles in,

i must repent of my sin.

my mistress the summer days,

freedom of my monstrous ways.

i

will

not

let

go…