Connotations
Nothing Zero Absence None The thought of something had - now gone
An empty nest A broken marriage A penniless purse Ideals disparaged Declining health An empty cupboard Opportunity passed Ambition shattered
No sun in the sky Nor birds in the tree Nothing more to say No future to see Zero ideas Nothing to do Absence of confidence - when failure feels true
Nothing, feels hollow A space now unfilled A door standing open A life to rebuild
For absence sheds darkness And space can be freeing The beauty of silence Can enhance well-being
Permission to sit In the light of the morning Watch butterflies’ dance As a new day is dawning
At one with the wildlife The trees and the birds Imagining kingdoms Not built out of words
The absence of traffic Of loud, mindless chatter Can teach you that silence Is something that matters
With no diary to check Or agenda to follow There’s space for calm thought - a dream for tomorrow.
For when duty recedes Inspiration takes flight Ideas, curiosity Possibilities so bright
Nothing to prove And nothing to lose Just a world full of options And the freedom to choose
For sometimes life's absence Is the space that we need because space becomes time and time can plant seeds
Zero Nothing Absence None A challenge surrendered... ...or a contest to be won
Words used in the negative Deliver despair But to alter their meaning Lays new options bare
For nothing is empty If acknowledged as so With a new connotation Possibilities grow.
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