"What is it?"

"You had to choose, and hope to choose the smaller evil."

"You had to choose," I told Jonathan, "and hope to choose the smaller evil."

"And I chose."

"And he chose."

"What did you choose?"
"When they captured our town-"

"Kolki?"

"Yes, but do not tell him. There is no reason to tell him."

"We could go in the morning."

"No."

"Perhaps it would be a good thing."

"No," he said. "My ghosts are not there."

(You have ghosts?)

(Of course I have ghosts.)

(What are your ghosts like?)
(They are on the insides of the lids of my eyes.)

(This is also where my ghosts reside.)

(You have ghosts?)

(Of course I have ghosts.)

(But you are a child.)

(I am not a child.)

(But you have not known love.)

(These are my ghosts, the spaces amid love.)