The Blueprint of the Truce

The Blueprint of the Truce.
A high-contrast, textured ink-wash illustration in a dramatic Bronx Neo-Noir graphic novel style. A low-angle view focuses on a heavy chain-link gate firmly padlocked shut with a massive, weathered brass lock and chain on a dark street corner at midnight. A sharp streetlamp illuminates the metallic textures of the lock, casting long geometric shadows onto the wet-looking pavement. The background shows a silent brick building silhouette under a dark slate-blue sky, completely empty of people.

Written by Dennis Harvell


The Blueprint of the Truce

I am no longer attending arguments

That were settled years ago in my absence.

You are waiting for an explanation, a defense, a confession,

Looking for a friction that simply isn’t there anymore.

You call my stillness indifference.

I call it the quiet after the storm has run out of rain.

You are still fighting the ghost of who I was.

I am busy building the home for who I am.


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