apparently

 

apparently

 

 

there is something to

everything that isn't

and nothing to anything

that is too much

 

pride expands wealth

humility expands consciousness

and what it isn't it is

and what is is not

 

there must be something to that

perhaps I want to not be anything

then everything will be just fine.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

6/6/22

Reviews

[Patricia]

I really like this, every line is very clever and true but that ending is universal, if you haven’t felt that way just wait… it will happen.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

You crack me up....you made think of Wednesday from the Addams family...
"just wait"
and "be afraid, be very afraid"----Wednesday on Wednesday...love it.
thanks, Patricia, for the smile.

[Patricia]

I love to make you smile ;)

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

Jacob, I love this poem. You have written something so clever and true! I believe most can relate to this well written poem!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Kathy,
j.

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

My pleasure!

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

A most clever and witty philosophical write that reveals much more truth of reality than only poetry ...

Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Marve,
j.

[redzone]

this poem reminds me of the Mark Twain quote (tongue in cheek of course) that goes "Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today".... which of course corresponds very well to today's times, where everything is nothing and nothing is everything.... there is no truth, just opinion and might makes right backing up that nothing opinion.... whoa, the philosophical drift is deep Jacob... loved the poem....

[redzone]

ps, Mark Twain was always good at stating those witty and obvious sentences....

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Gotta love Mark Twain...gotta love him.
thanks, Curt,
j.

[Chris Shaw]

Life is complex. Keep it simple a wise man told me a long time ago. How can you not want to be anything? If you were nothing we wouldn't have your poetry and friendship to sustain us. This little poem is a thought provoker and I am still thinking J.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Chris,
j.

[andrew mitchell]

Give me the simple things in life. A clever write, and so true.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, andrew,
j.

[CD Campbell]

Hah! If only everything was that simple. To be hidden and alone has its own issues. Not to be anything would mean you would have to be a mindless instagram influencer model type. What are those people anyway? Fluff? I see the message on this, but I thought it was a fun, intelligent type tongue twister. It's definitely something (and excellent) not not anything?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it's one thing or another....
thank you, CD,
j.

[CD Campbell]

My pleasure.