Hostage
Creative Writing - Poetry - Independence
by Adam Jeffries Schwartz
Maybe it's love, maybe
it's habit.
After all this time
it's hard
to tell.
If you don't love me
—cut me loose.
Maybe
he didn't hear me.
It's hard
to hear
myself
through the muzzle.
The Author
Adam Jeffries Schwartz is a writer and a traveler. He has stories in Descant and Grimm Magazines, Petit Journal and in the anthology, Walking Higher. Online he pops up at many sites, including Ghoti (Fish) Magazine, Melane, LitBits, Magazine Shiver, Caprice & Anacoenesis Literary Journal.