What is it that doesn't come and go?

November 14, 2024

So what is it ..

That doesn't

Come and go?

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That doesn't

Move?

That doesn't

Speak?

That doesn't

Age?

That doesn't

Die?

That doesn't

Change?

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Doesn't

Everything

Change?

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Yes, every thing changes,

And it is only things

That can be known,

Nothing doesn't change,

And ..

Nothing can't be known.

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So .. it is nothing

That doesn't

Come and go.

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It's not that

Nothing changes,

No,

Nothing remains

The same.

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You are

In good company

If you insist

"The unchanging

Can't be nothing!"

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There's no way

Of knowing,

Or approaching,

Or having

An understanding

Of nothing!

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Nothing

Is of no use

Whatsoever.

The answer

To the question

Of the unchanging

Is always ..

"I don't know."

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This may

Sound like

Very cold

Comfort,

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But there

Is a peace

That passes

All understanding

In the undoubted

Impossibility

Of knowing

Nothing.

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