at peace with myself
or am i?
the war that i won over myself,
was it just a battle?
is this whole ordeal not
over yet?
all those bloody deaths
inside of me,
all those rotten memories,
war stories,
are they really the results
of one battle
and not a war?
they are.
nothing's over until your last breath
flutters out from between your lips
whether it's tortured or peaceful
nothing's over until
you breathe that last breath
only then is it over
the war, won or lost
until then
peace is out of the question
~erika boal