A Matter of Simple Math

it wasn't until i lost everything

that i could find life's lowest common denominator

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

crushing devastation in two lines .. well done ... minimalism has never been so powerful .. one can see this closing as either pole ... stripped bare ... deep depression or awakened reliance on a Higher Power .. well done says i ... just two lines, perhaps hastily jotted down should not be dismissed .. says i .. i think your poem is well worthwhile!
E.

[Pete]

right on the mark as usual e. we spend our lives gathering possessions that we eventually have to relinquish. they own us instead of us them. thoreau knew this all too well. only when everything is stripped away do we get to know ourselves and the truly important things of life such as our higher power ... :)

"It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know." - thoreau

"It's only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God." - thoreau

[Einstein Noodle]

i agree with all that wisdom ;)

[Kaylor Mason]

Sometimes nothing is better than hitting rock bottom and starting a fresh climb.

[Pete]

interesting point. never thought of that. even nothing is still something ... :)

[barleygirl]

Been there . . . done that! It's a head-turner. An a*s-wiper. And a character-builder. Nobody sees the inherent attitude they carry around, concerning material things, until STUFF does not dominate one's everyday flutterings anymore (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Pete]

don't i know it. "i see", said the blind man ... :)