It only takes a fall or two
or twenty-five and I; at once
alive
and sick (or dead) can see ahead
and hear the call
to zero

Addition is a mockery
when negative exists
the numbers twist; and fall
and all I have is less
and on
to zero

and I am tethered here
by gravity
a singularity
is nought; yet nought is all and
all within contained
infintity is here
and unrestrained; and so I lose
(again) and fall – surrender all –
and all I am
is zero

and pause…

and all explodes with light and joy
a universe of grace expands
and someone takes my hand
and laughs

zero is a place of rest
when weakness = strength
and gravity is grace; and so we leave the race
and once again we fall
and all
is zero

-jka