Last Night

I woke up and went into the backyard The big moon shone like a baking sheet The distance to it was short You could run to it Every sound was frozen Like drizzle on a blade of grass Only my heart was hammering And the moan of the Potomac Pushing the waters like Sisyphus into the sea While my breath flowed like a white sail Leaving the empty shell of my body The ruined ship That had brought me this far