Aug 2022
“…how close we are
to being
nothing
most of the time
and
for some of us
nothing all of the time… - Bukowski: “Meeting Them”
Reading his poem freed me
but bound me to a budding desire
to write
and explore
its roots in a reality
I fear.
How close to being nothing
are we
and is it for eternity
or just a moment?
But just asking the question is liberating
as if I looked death in the face
and just smiled.
to being
nothing
most of the time
and
for some of us
nothing all of the time… - Bukowski: “Meeting Them”
Reading his poem freed me
but bound me to a budding desire
to write
and explore
its roots in a reality
I fear.
How close to being nothing
are we
and is it for eternity
or just a moment?
But just asking the question is liberating
as if I looked death in the face
and just smiled.
I bow to Thomas W. Case (https://hellopoetry.com/poem/4485689/nothings-easy-when-youre-down/) and Bukowski for the idea for this piece. Reading both of these poets, thinking about what they wrote, and writing my own thoughts has taken a good part of the afternoon, liberating time well spent.
