Something and Nothing

--John Brehm

       

There's something to be said

for having nothing to say,

though I don't know what

that is, or isn't, just as

there's something to be

known about not-knowing,

which I would tell you

if I could. There must be

something to be gained

by losing, a seed of victory

buried in every failure,

else I would not be here.

Clearly, there's something

to be desired about being

beyond desire, as the sages

never tire of telling us,

and nothing more fulfilling

than emptying yourself out—

no ground beneath your feet,

nothing to hold onto, no handrail,

no belief, only this bright self-

sustaining air, and a falling

that feels like floating.