#23 nothing

the best thing to do is nothing

all the time, every day

second best is have your plans

but let them dissolve into nothing
when they can

nothing is the great act of doing
things which seem logically unproductive
analytically consumed with inertia
but in truth, are not things at all
in truth, these anti-acts of nothing
are the glue that holds all life together,
allow the blooming of generations,
the real reason life continues to recreate itself,
the positive proof that we are all connected
and life is wonderful, and there is more to do
than run, run, run from it

there's making art, appreciating beauty,
making love, appreciating a friend's presence,
making peace, appreciating the quiet within
making pathways with no destination,
appreciating the wildness of the earth and ourselves