end of a summer

pulse at my feet
and an orange sky
in silence and solitude I remember
what happened yesterday

beautiful in all of
your self imposed toxicity
that I never let touch me

bringing me back
into the human race

I came back from the bathroom
to find you gasping for air
blue lips open eyes
feet on the floor
you OD’d on my bed

a sinking feeling Lost last
unlocked jaw open I pour air into
a body and see
your lungs rise
your chest everything
hollow
evidence that a soul exists

the cops revived you with narcan
you yelled and scratched yourself back
into consciousness
I watched with one eye open from the kitchen
with nine lives you floated
back to standing
I’m never letting you in again