Day 780
Ceasefire III, Day 46
On the long walk from the south
to where your home
had been, you had time
to remember. Every place
you passed, every person
who walked alongside you,
reminded you of what
your life had been. There
was a child the age
of your daughter. A woman
who looked like your grandmother.
There were two brothers, teenagers,
joking, pushing each other, laughing
like your two brothers
when they were alive. There
were the remains of a cat. A broken
chair, a torn jacket, a one-legged man
being helped by his son. A woman
like you, who had to sit down,
watch everyone walk by, look up
at the sky still crossed
by warplanes, drones. Who
called this a ceasefire? Who said
we were walking toward anything
but wreckage and regret?