Haunted

Roommates

I awoke

to see

an NVA soldier

or was he

a wounded VC?

He was

only

seven feet from me,

or was it

only three?

He was

badly hurt,

wrapped and tied,

or was he

actually free?

He was

obviously

the prisoner,

or was it

truly me?

He was

suddenly

convulsing,

or dying now,

trying to get free?

I awoke

to see

my enemy,

and he was

actually me.