Starting All Over, From An Empty Being... Poem by RIC BASTASA

start, always start with nothing,

nothing to know
nothing to do nothing to do
nothing to look at
nothing
inside

no matter what always start with nothing,
for this is always the very good beginning,

from this nothingness you will go too far,
into the fullness there,
into the new knowledge of new knowing,
into the wisdom of nothingness,
is the fullness,

into something shaking and changing,
and then just be patient, keep the patience
of emptiness,

learn, learn some more, from nothingness,
the empty spaces of the windows,
is the painting of beauty, framed.

up there, down here,
in the middle of all,
the fullness is waiting,
humanity is embracing you,
oh, lonely soul.