Day 9 - way out of order. ah well. what are ya gonna do?

For today’s prompt, take the phrase “(blank) or (blank),” replace the blanks with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Example titles could be: “This or that,” “Dogs or cats,” “Go my way or the highway,” “To poem or not to poem,” etc.

Sooner or Later

The pomegranate will break open
on its own or shrivel
Seed by red and juicy bleeding seed
will dry, dim
be not worth bothering with
Winter will come
and the blood will course blue
through veins transparent
whispering
a name
or what might sound like
a name
or what might sound like
a sound
or what might sound like
more than just
blood
thinning
slowing

It will be alright.
You've been alone

forever.

Not every seed
gets tasted.