Nuthin' - For Contest
Nuthin’…..
I do it all the time…
been doin’ it all my life
y’know….nuthin’
Started early – as a kid
during Mom’s interrogations
“Where were you?”
“OUT.”
“Who were you with?”
“NO ONE.”
“Where did you go?”
“NOWHERE.”
“What did you do?”
“NUTHIN’”
As I aged doing NUTHIN’
became an art form.
For with age comes the pretense
of always “doing ‘SUMTHIN’”.
Oftentimes I have been asked
“what are you doing?”
My answer – “NUTHIN’”
Some people have a difficult time
grasping the beauty of “NUTHIN’-NESS”
I read recently that the Dalai Lama
meditates for five hours each morning.
He has achieved the highest level
of doing “NUTHIN’”
When I am “meditating” people ask
“What are you thinking about?”
I tell them – “NUTHIN’”.
They voice their doubts
saying it is impossible
to think about “NUTHIN’”
I tell them that it is possible –
to think about “NUTHIN’”
even while doin’ “SUMTHIN”.
AH – the art of “NUTHIN’-NESS”!!
To rest, unfocused, un-entangled,
in the spidery synaptic web.
So, next time you feel compelled
to strive for the peak of the mountain,
ask the guy sitting at the bottom
quietly contemplating his navel
what he is doing……
drop the backpack of life
and join him
in doing…..“NUTHIN’”
John G. Lawless
9/15/2015
Copyright © John Lawless | Year Posted 2015
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