Or Flee, or 

Stuck here. Or 

There, or not there 

Armed and ready,

 Or don’t shoot

 

Or 

       Survive

 

Don’t sleep or 

Your funeral, 

Gunshots or death, or

Iron in the air, no 

Ordinary stare.

 

Or 

  War

 

Or dusty mouths 

With

Rusted metal or

 stainless steel. 

Or melting cries,

Asking for home.

 

Or 

      Family

 

Or Children, or

Unused baby shoes.

 families at the park

Or orphans, 

Crying in rubble

 

Or 

     Home

 

you or 

who you were. 

Sleep and 

Scream

Or don’t.

 

Or

Peace

 

Gun

Or rope

Life or freedom or

forgotten.

Free at a cost

Or lost or

Pain, fame or 

Death…