I Found You

I’m running. Running hard.

Every moment I expect a bullet in my back

I need a weapon

I need water

Every breath is a cloud of ash inside my mouth.

There’s a body on the ground

large green eyes flickering out

He has a weapon. I take it

Keep running.

Now another, a faceless runs toward me.

I lift the gun, I’ll kill him here and now.

The bullet flies, it strikes, he falls.

But as I pass I see his mask is off

His face is scared, and some of it’s gone.

But I’d know it anywhere.

My brother.