Fugitives

Forgive those fearful,

Flying fugitives.

They have done you no wrong.

To flee or to fight.

To face the phantoms.

To feel the physical

Suffering. The emotional

Suffering.

Such dry definitions.

Dictionaries

Don’t dare

Describe

Death.

Can callous totalitarian tomes

Ever even express empathy?

An agonizing altar-call

In an atomic age.

Survival at its

Sadistic sickest.

If survival at all.

So let them flee.

It’s the best we can do

To pity them.