About Nothing

An Account Of 'Nothing'
A Fairytale Story

Like all things, ‘nothing’ has a history of its own. The Big Bang theory could just as well have been called The Big Nothing theory. The universe, according to the theory, started from a small mass, a virtual nothing, that was hurled into all directions in a cataclysmic explosion & has been expanding ever since. The same holds true for ‘nothing’. Allow me to take a friendlier, fairytale approach.

Long, long ago, there was….nothing. Tired of being a nothing, the nothing started to throw is weight around. But nobody was worried about it because it was just nothing. Gradually it took roots. Masking itself under the garb of TV soaps like Kyunki.., Kasauti.., Kahaani…, et al, it corrupted the minds of the naïve. The slime was the sublime now. ‘Nothing’ got new meanings and dimensions, with media agents publicizing it all over. And then it launched a campaign more vicious than any Viking ever did. It achieved what the Brits could only imagine: absolute world domination.

The WTC was crashed into & reduced to…….nothing. The US attacked Iraq looking for weapons of mass destruction & found…….nothing. Thousands of civilians die every year around the world inn wars and brutalities just for……..nothing. So you see how this nothing has assumed dangerous proportions & you’d better stay alarmed. Like all fairytales this has its monsters too.

Look a little closer. What did you have in mind when you started reading this? Probably nothing. What do you intend to do after you are finished reading this? This just goes on to prove how human minds are so full of nothing. There. It is all around you & you were probably unaware of its existence.

Nothing is also spelled as nothin’ or nuthin’. What has a short has also an expansion. And this one might just be too big for you to comprehend. However, in no case can you deny the existence of it. But don’t you lose heart yet, this fairytale has its hero too. And to your rescue comes… nothing.
Yes, it is a lifesaver too. The following will show you how.

For those who couldn’t make a word of it, relax, this was nothing, just an exercise aimed at nothing. If you did understand something, you missed the whole point: it was aimed at nothing. Now you may be able to understand , appreciate, & talk vividly and intelligently of….nothing. Period

To die for

An insufferable silence
in the hollowness that becomes me
The vastness of the void
that grows in me
When all seems trite and trifle
death's no more a rival
Tired of hoping
and harassed of hope
Lays this body
under a sky of crows

[After finishing this, I decided to add a stanza. I am an eternal optimist, can't let the poor soul wither.]

My lips part
for a whiff of breath
They catch a familiar touch
but not of air
A rhythm resonates
as the wind strums in
At the sound of your voice
music fills in

My Jealousy

Jealous I am
Of course I am
But only a man
Jealous I am
Of the sun that caresses you with warmth
Of the moon whose beams shine on your face
Jealous I am
Of the breeze that gushes around you
Of the cloth that wraps around your skin
Jealous I am
Of the thoughts that occupy your mind
Of the soul that dwells in your body