EVERYTHING IS NOTHING

Everything.

 

Every aspect of the world we see,

From dawn’s first light

To the unquenchable blackness of night,

Every gift, every treasure,

Everything.

 

Every moment that exists,

From love’s gentle kiss

To the rain of sorrow cascading across

The dunes of your cheek,

Every smile, every ache,

Everything.

 

Every trophy of greed and desire,

From the shiny car

To the fabric of status that wears away

To threadbare worthlessness,

Every trinket, every hoarded possession,

Everything.

 

Everything will be lost,

Dissolved like shadows by the sun.

You can’t take it with you,

Not sight, not breath, not the beat of your heart,

Not jewellery, not house, not the ones that you love.

 

We do not have a life,

It does not exist,

In this illusion of time and space.

There is no tomorrow,

There was no yesterday,

there is no hope, no future.

 

There is nothing

But this finite shard of light,

This thing we call

Now.

 

This

Is

Everything.