5AM Ceasefire


The logic in heading home
When you were shot trying to defect
Escapes me.

But you never expected open arms
When you came limping back,
You knew that.

It was just your first instinct
When you turned to run.
And that I understand.

It's taken a while for the bleeding to start,
But now it won't stop,
And I have nowhere to run
But you.


February 15, 2000
© Lela Kaunitz