indignation stops the heart
hesitation hollows the mind
trickier than interpretation
of a linger that ends abruptly
the worlds between lovers
are strewn with landmines
maps that shift
as civil wars crawl to the surface,
opposing sides
blind in their certainty
righteous, dumb and poisoned with pursuit
days and nights of silence
followed by intermittent small arms fire
then someone strikes large for tactical advantage
and the horror of it is writ large in the sky
it is a heart-broken wisdom
that braves negotiations
when not yet defeated
it is a desperate desire for touch
that extends a phantom limb
toward a handshake of peace.
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