Every Name's an Alias

You carry wind across the border.
Soldiers shoulder rifles,
Eyeing you with threatened faces
Threatening.

You never meant to end up here
Against the wall
Awaiting passage and permission.

You took such pride in proving self-reliant.
You chopped your hair defiant.
You left your home to find it
Dragging in the dirt behind you
Everywhere you go.

I see you through the strip of chain-link
Staring open as a hungry hand,
As the finales of forbidden affairs,
As a complicated question of theology,
But your betrayal laid me down
On the dusty ground for years.

Although I still can feel your breath
Against my cracked and blistered lips,
I've nothing left for you.

- 6/3/26

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