within without

whether it is justice or evil

compassion or decay

history shows

that more than ever

there will be more than ever

and this weathering of contradictions

will require more than ever

before

*

when man learns

that he is not important

to when

or the universe

he will yell at the stars

remember they do not hear him

and hate his eyes

for being drawn to them

whenever they appear

then when he learns again

for he is no more than his

some of learning and unlearning

that he is filled with stars

he will listen once more

to the encircling dark

and hear only the pulse

of himself

radiating out like

a drowning hand

to the bottom blackness

*

doing without you

is not doing at all

for once with is done with

there is only out

and between the two words

there is still you

but you are spread

and gone

with no more to do

within without