The Meaning of Nothing
An echo in the cave, a rustle in the leaves
I hear a whisper
A sound
A message
To be delivered with haste, to the soldiers at the battlefront
Lest they fall
But the message comes encrypted
Periods where there should be commas
Questions where there should be answers
Blank spaces where there should be information
Up is down
Left is right
Nothing is as should be, and the order of the day, is
Chaos
And I wonder how I am to deliver a message
Which even I, don't understand
More haste, less speed
I waited, and bode my time
The stars of the night sky, the colours of the rainbow
They, for a moment
For just a moment
Come together, to create a beautiful picture
A clearer picture
Breaking the laws of the nature to decrypt the message, and teach me the first lesson
"Anything is possible"
Amidst all the chaos
Tears shed, friends gone
Time passed
Blood bled, errors made
Love lost
In the eye of the storm, there's calm
The whispers get louder and louder
And I get the message
Courage, is not the absence of fear, but the presence of an action, in the face of fear
Honesty, is telling the truth, without waiting to be asked
Hope, is seeing no road to where you want to go, but seeing yourself at your destination
Loyalty, is building a boat, and going down with the ship
Trust, is knowing that you can get hurt, but believing that you won't
And
Love, is giving, without wanting back
I thanked the rainbow, the stars, the wind
And all that helped me in writing this message
After I wrote down all I was told
I sealed it
And sent it to the soldiers at the battlefront
"The Meaning of Nothing"
They won the war
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