Something and Nothing
and the day spent asking what
will we have for dinner
or that moment when you realize
you haven’t checked the mail
or when the time comes that I’d
better go check to make sure we’re locked up
or the surprise the phone call brings
that today you’ll have special company
or the rare opportunity to really
talk, to share, the one-on-one
or the pain that arrests you dead
in your tracks sucking out all desire, joy
.
it is all something
it is all nothing
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Posted on December 23, 2015, in Poetry and tagged DoubleU, John White, Poetry, Something and Nothing. Bookmark the permalink. 42 Comments.
Love it. That’s LIFE to a “T”
Thank you, Karen! 🙂
Sorry the snow man was meant for somebody else.
Thank you! 🙂 Quite alright! Happy Holidays!
🙂
Yes. I think you just described my life…
Thank you! 🙂 Seems we all have a lot in common. 😉
Sounds peaceful.
Happy Holidays John White. Have enjoyed immensely your poetry this past year. Thank you. Looking forward to what you write of next.
Thank you, JoHanna! 🙂 Happy Holidays! You’re too kind.
wrote something similar to this today. very interesting. it’s the struggle between breaking from the monotone or allowing it to overwhelm you. it is all nothing. righteous words.
Thank you! 🙂 Exactly. Is life or all that we live for going to be one big monochromatic string of days or something meaningful? It’s great to meet you!
That’s life – Sometimes you’re up in April and shot down in June.”
Thank you! 🙂 That’s for sure up one minute and down the next.
Excellent.
Thank you, Bob! 🙂 It’s great to meet you!
Reblogged this on Lugar Lugar.
Thank you for the reblog!
🙂
Thank you, Ramona! 🙂 It’s a pleasure to meet you!
Reblogged this on KCJones.
Thank you for the reblog!
Just a quick note to wish you a Merry Christmas full of joy and many blessings!
Thank you! 🙂 Happy Holidays! 😀
Merry Christmas, John!
Thank you, Mitch! 🙂 Happy Holidays! 😀
Love this! Great reminder on the beauty and mystery of life. Happy Holidays!
Thank you, Tunisia! 🙂 Happy Holidays!
Reblogged this on Karen Stephen aka Doc Flamingo and commented:
Love this poignant poem by John White.
Thank you for the reblog!
Ahhh… Such is life. Life just is, then it isn’t, then it is again. We live in and love within the circle. I love this. Thank you for sharing. 🌟 😊
Thank you! 🙂 Life is a series of ups and downs and we spend a lot of time in between when it’s almost neither something nor nothing.
Indeed, it is all something or nothing. Thank you for the follow John, it is something.
You’re welcome and thank you! 🙂 It’s great to meet you!
Beautiful! 🙂 Thank you for liking and following! 🙂
You’re welcome and thank you for dropping in and for your comment! 🙂 It’s a pleasure to meet you!
Same here! 🙂
🙂
And sometimes the things we thought were nothings turn out to have been important somethings…
Thank you! 🙂 Absolutely! It can be hard to tell if our perspective is off.
It is what it is, always, while being nothing really at all… Profound, significant, meaning-less and -ful – love this!!
Thank you! 🙂 It is what it is and what we make it.