Poem 345

A poem of self reliance … title from the U2 song (but saying the opposite, ie. I can live with or without you) …

With Or Without You

sunless
the tree crawls along the ground

moonless
the shell of night
implodes

soundless and windless
the ship falls
into white strings
of phosphorus

less everything
my pulse is still in orbit
and the hot heart fist
spouting blood
my sun