some marriages

they say
that when
the soldiers
opened up
the camps, to
liberate the
prisoners,
they wouldn't
leave. even
after starvation
and torture,
death and
disease, they
did not want
to step outside
the place where
they were still
alive and
breathing. for
what lie on
the outside they
had no clue,
it was a mystery
beyond the barbed
wire. it could
be worse. why take
that chance?
better to stay put
and be safe
and miserable,
and alive.