A Murderer’s Justification

I can promise you
I didn’t see the shadow
Before I shot him.

Yes I heard the noise
The movement in the closet
Before my phone rang.

I asked who was there
”Please identify yourself”
Then I heard the bang.

Straight through my right arm
The metal pierced, it was cold.
I can promise you.

I fell to the floor
Before shooting in the dark
That’s when something dropped.

Leonell.