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When the body leaves,
when the curtain rises,
when the masks come down,
I am nothing.

If I can shed this fickle mind,
then this body, then this soul,
I am nothing.

Wherefore am I alive?
I am nothing.

And in this state of nothing,
am I whole or am I empty?
Is this sanity or madness,
denial or truth?
In being a nothing, am I something?
Maybe.
Yes, this nothingness deceives me;
not air but water.
I am an ocean, encompassing all life,
nurturing and aiding,
yet a barrier, cold and harsh.

Is this a god to be praised and feared?
Some force to carry you to freedom?
And like the ocean, I deliver myself
to the world
and ask for nothing,
and tell nothing,
as I am nothing.

And all the world flows through me,
and all the people flow through me.
The beauties of life, the confusion of death,
flow through me as I flow through all,
no grander ocean than the sea of time,
of life and creation.

I am immortal, because I am life.
Life does not die, nor does it falter.
Bodies die, people die, life
goes on.
I am immortal, because I am truth.
Truth does not die, nor does it falter.
Lies corrupt, lies hide, but Truth
lives on.

Truth is nothing
as it is everything without cause.

I am everything,
because I am nothing.

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Summer_Rose74

11/03/2009 4:58 pm

Summer_Rose74

Thank you so much for the art! I love it! I'm so happy!~ <3
Kade of Spades

10/28/2009 3:08 pm

Kade of Spades

Thats true as well, I understand as an artist myself that pieces were meant to be personal and only really understood by the artist who creates them, but up for interpretation by the adoring and curious reader.
Kade of Spades

10/27/2009 9:49 pm

Kade of Spades

That is an interesting poem, it reminds me of two things: 1. I once put in an about me section on my myspace a long time ago, "I am nothing and everything at the same time, the perfect manifestation of a tragic contradiction." and 2. My friend once told me in a one on one conversation that "once you know everything, you know nothing at all." I really do understand the whole concept in which you speak of behind that piece, very creative and insightful, but a bit confusing in some parts.
Kiichigo no neko

09/03/2009 4:50 pm

Kiichigo no neko

Did you write the poem? If so, it's beautiful, though pretty angsty.
Rawr_Its_Rio

09/01/2009 9:22 pm

Rawr_Its_Rio

yw!
Rawr_Its_Rio

09/01/2009 9:14 pm

Rawr_Its_Rio

AWESOME AVI
HannaBannana

04/30/2009 7:01 pm

HannaBannana

*pats* so what do you want for christmas young...thing o 3o

also my tailbone has been going crazy lately, literally burning o-o
HannaBannana

04/30/2009 5:03 pm

HannaBannana

*sits in a corner of your profile*

Hello thar *creepy smile*
Victoria Shrodaka

04/26/2009 2:12 pm

Victoria Shrodaka

Alright then thanks ^__^
Victoria Shrodaka

04/26/2009 2:09 pm

Victoria Shrodaka

Well aren't you enthusiastic.If you don't want to be friends it's alright I would understand

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