Now Here or No Where

 

 

“Now here” or “no where”

Which one is it?

That we mistake one for the other

Is an everyday habit.

 

“Now here” speaks to existence

“No where” says it is not,

There are opposites we would say

And very easy to spot.

 

But at times the “W” is misplaced

And not always by mistake,

Sometimes the error is deliberate

In order to create a fake.

 

 

You pass and see an Ad

That clearly says “Now Here”

But on entering that establishment

The item indicated is “No Where”.

 

What disappointment that brings!

What lessening of one’s trust!

Someone forgot to remove the sign

Hence the reason for the fuss.

 

Note I said they were opposites

But they are not always so,

Sometimes they can be synonyms

Give me a chance to show.

 

 

If one’s custom is wasting time

He is evidently going “no where”

And if in fact he is going “no where”

Then it follows he is “now here”.

 

He could not be where he was

And yet he is “now here”,

It really means he has not moved

And therefore he is going “no where”.

 

Going “no where” is “now here”

Since one explains the other,

While they are antonyms in one case

They are synonyms in another.

  

It’s like a new Government

The old one was going “no where”

But when all is said and done

The new one is “now here”.

 

 

The same conundrum I must say

Whatever the superfluous talk,

Though different they are yet the same

“Now here” is a “no where” walk.

 

And now I have come to the end

Thanks for being so kind,

“Now here” is “no where” I contend

But the opposite at another time.

 

Stewart Russell © May 2019