there was a ceasefire

asked for

which was fine by me

as i felt

all we were doing

was going over & over

battles fought before

i knew we were over

was biding my time

hoping a surrender

just might be called

that she might too realise

our talking through

was done

hope does that

that killer of

doing something

we had the ceasefire

what came next

instead of resignation

were demands

that i put down mine

to only take on

hers instead

& now she wonders

aloud & long

to her friends

why i ghosted

her