Looking into the meaning behind the meaning

Living in a world of consumerism, it magnifies

The haves and have-nots.

The message seems to be as cut throat as can be.

The value of one appears to be largely defined,

By how much one can afford.

To those who have little, life can have little meaning,

If one continues to conform.

And may even subject one to a slow death,

If one doesn’t look beyond the things.

The world is filled with stuff but somehow can

Still leave one feeling nothing, empty, alone and afraid.

Leaving the sense of belonging melting,

As the nothingness feels like

Deep emptiness, creating a sphere of space

Widening daily in the breaths that we take

Making us living, but are we?

Leaving one to further question its existence.

When we soak up the little things, from a

Simple walk through the forest,

It can stir up our senses through being

In the natural wilderness and

Drinking from the fountain of life that gives life, not attached to things.

Perhaps the nothings add up to something.

We may see them as important nothings, but

Without them, life would be a struggle,

And may not even exist.