I dos

At last the sweltering heat began to calm. Wedding guests tossed their suit jackets and high heels into the soft grass and ran into the lake. We passed cold beer cans and swam into the sunset, laughing. 

I sat later on a rock in at the edge, after everyone had left, and thought how these were my last moments of quiet, of calm light evenings and friendship the kind that lasts for ever. The bride and groom were so nervous in the car, but they laughed more than they cried. I thought whatever I'm choosing instead of this had better be worth it. 

All I have now are words. I will them to fill the void that follows me back home.