Much Ado About Nothing

 

 

I have written at length

On the reality of nothing

Only to realize when nothing is used

There is something.

 

Nothing is something

That is not clearly defined

And oft leaves a lasting impression

On everyone’s mind.

 

Nothing’s in the pantry,

Nothing’s in her purse,

What is it that you have done?

Nothing is rehearsed.

 

Even the little child

When asked what he’d done

Would adamantly reply nothing

And then he’d run.

 

Nothing is something

We are often told

And many scientists do believe

It’s billions of years old.

 

As a matter of fact

You might have heard

That nothing created the world,

Though absurd.

 

In the beginning

Was absolutely nothing

And through the power of nothing

We have everything.

 

So, if you have nothing

You really have everything,

So, relax and just take it all in stride;

And in the meantime, sing.

 

What caused Big Bang?

It was nothing, of course,

Nothing is like nothing, you see,

When nothing’s the force.

 

 

Nothing is the cause

That caused everything,

And without nothing, I dare say,

Would be not a thing.

 

A weird rendering

Of John chapter 1 verse 3

Replacing Jesus with nothing,

How can this be?

 

All things

Were made by nothing;

And without nothing was not anything made

 That was made.

 

Much ado about nothing

We have often stated

But never in reference at any time

To things created.

 

It blows my mind

And absolutely so

Regarding the absurd lengths

To which people go.

 

Failing to believe

In the omnipotent God,

They argue nothing is first cause;

Nothing created it all.

 

 

Genesis is a myth

And should not be believed

Whereas nothing is more credible

And should be received.

 

Why is there something

Rather than nothing?

Because of nothing, dear Watson,

Nothing’s everything.

 

Nothing, you see,

Is greater than God

So, who needs a fictional creator

When nothing is all? 

 

Nothing, you see,

Is greater than God:

This statement is true and false;

Please, no applause.

 

True for the creationist

And false for the atheist

Depending on where nothing comes

On either one’s list.

 

Nothing is greater

Than the Almighty God,

This most certainly must be true

Since God created all.

 

Nothing is greater

Than the Almighty God,

For the atheist this must be false

Since nothing is first cause.

 

Be content with nothing

For nothing is gain,

Power to all who have nothing

Has to be insane.

 

Be satisfied, I urge you,

With nothing from now

And you will be sure to get through,

I guarantee somehow.

 

 

Note my sarcasm

Regarding getting through,

Falling would be a better expression;

What think you?

 

Stewart Russell © July 28, 2025

 

Leave Nothing for After

 

 

 

The older I get

The more I become intrigued,

By expressions like the title,

I’m intrigue indeed!

 

Leave nothing for after

While there is time,

Do what you have to do

Comes to my mind.

 

The norm is to procrastinate

With I can do it after,

There is no need to rush it

There is always later.

 

Do not leave back anything

Is another way to say it,

Eat it all at one time,

Leave not a bit.

 

It may have been work

Or it may have been food

Leave nothing for after means

Get on the move.

 

In the preceding explanation

Nothing is something

But now we come to a case

Where nothing is nothing.

 

Not as mad as you are,

You see I can hear you think,

I am nowhere near the edge

But you’re over the brink.

 

Back to the issue, though,

Let us forget this aside,

Next time your thoughts interrupt

I will let it ride.

 

 

Leave nothing for after

Simply means leave nothing,

Nothing is what you leave

Just leave nothing.

 

Leave nothing for me

Means positively nothing,

It is like, “What do you want?”

And my reply is, “Nothing.”

 

So, nothing can be nothing

Or nothing can be something,

And it can get so ridiculous

It could be anything.

 

Leave nothing for after

Or, do not leave anything,

You see, nothing can be nothing

Or it can be something.

 

If you must leave something

Let it be nothing,

I mean positively nothing

Not negatively anything.

 

I hear your thoughts again!

“He has nothing to do.”

But this nothing is something

And you are reading it too.

 

It’s nothing you are reading

That makes it something,

However, if you are not reading it

Then I’ve achieved nothing.

 

Leave nothing for after

And you’ll leave nothing to chance,

Leave nothing for after

And you’d likely advance.

 

Stewart Russell © October 15, 2021

 

Nothing to Lose

 

 

I am intrigued

By some statements we make,

Nothing statements I call them

And I don’t mean fake.

 

Nothing can make a thing

I have written on that,

It can either be false

Or it can be a fact.

 

Now I want to examine

Another nothing one,

Bear with me once more

And I’ll soon be gone.

 

I have nothing to lose

How can this be?

Nothing sounds like something

Sounds like that to me.

 

Is it really possible

To truly have nothing?

If you have life

That is something.

 

 

Once one is alive

There is something to lose

You have so much going for you

You can even choose.

 

Nothing means what I have

Doesn’t really matter,

I could afford to lose it

Might be idle chatter.

 

For example I heard something

That left me amuse,

“Try Jesus, my friend,

You have nothing to lose.”

 

Sounds like a wits end situation

Where nothing has worked

So try Jesus now!

At least it won’t hurt.

 

 

I tell you nothing is something

We don’t want to give up,

To you it might be nothing

But to others it’s their cup.

 

I have nothing to lose

Hear it again

Don’t you hear just a hint

Or a suggestion of pain?

 

Nothing to lose

Sounds somewhat abstract

But it is really relative

And that is the fact.

 

What I hope to gain

Far exceeds the loss,

The best thing in this life

Came at a tremendous cost

 

They that lose their life

Shall find it

But they that save their life

Shall lose it.

 

This is in essence

What Jesus said,

While there is something to lose

What’s to be gained is greater instead.

 

Nobody really worries

About losing nothing,

The fact that people worry

Means nothing is something.

 

Stewart Russell © November 2019

 

The Origin of Thought

One day

Just like that

I got to thinking

And I wondered,

“Where did thought come from?”

Then I thought

Of a number of ideas

And I thought

I would examine some

Of course thought

Didn’t begin

With you or me

But it must have come

From something

From somewhere

From someone

Maybe even divinity

Then I thought

Of the two main ideas

So different

In so many ways

There is the evolutionist

He has an opinion

But then there is the Creationist

He respects God’s dominion

The first story

Started with nothing

And no one

And suddenly out of nothing

Came something

And the first dawn

Everything must have

A first cause

They are bold to say

But don’t

Appear to bother

When from that

They sway

Of course

I take note

That it says

“Everything”

Therefore I am pleased

To remind them

That God is not

A thing

But for the moment

Let’s play along

However one point lost

There goes the ping!

After that first

Big bang

It took many a year

For evolution

To occur

And more things to appear

Of course or off course

It still puzzles me

That to get something

Out of nothing

We just need time

Isn’t that tricky?

How much time?

Billions of years

Just give it time

And out of nothing

Something will appear

I still have a problem

As it relates to thought

How many years

Would this have taken?

How many years

Would they have sought?

Let’s leave

The inanimate

Let’s switch to life

Here the evolutionist

Encounters more strife

The primordial soup

The first sign of life

Cooked up

Before man even took a wife

Of what was it made?

That’s difficult to tell

Out of what did it come?

By now you know that well

Out of nothing

Comes something

Forget the first cause

It’s only

For the very beginning

That we put it on pause

Thereafter it’s clear

Anyone can see

That means you and me

And even a dummy

But you still have not addressed

The very first thought

And by now I sensed

You’re feeling distraught

Just like the student

Who takes a very hard test

And only writes his name

That being his best

Or maybe like Job

Taking God’s exam

Couldn’t give a single answer

Poor Job in a jam!

The origin of matter

The very first thought

The origin of life

A supreme intelligence wrought

This brings us to the crux of the matter

Time to leave behind the spurious chatter

God the Creator

Is the Originator

Of thought

He created heaven and earth

And into this world

Human life brought

  

It’s a human thing

You must have recognized

God is its first cause

That you need not despise

Let us make man

That was a thought expressed

Unlike all things created

This was a process

The others he spoke

And they came into being

Of the earth He made man

His hands did the forming

Then into man

Life God breathed

Therein the expression

Of God’s thought was revealed

Out of man

God formed his mate

With whom he could live

And his thoughts communicate

Which makes the more sense?

Tell me the truth

This evolution thing

Or the biblical proof

Out of God came everything

All things material

And human life

What a beautiful thought

When God gave Adam

Eve to wife

God created man

With the ability to think

Then He gave him instructions

Thus the first moral link

Satan came on the scene

Right there in Eden

And a contrasting thought

Cost them the garden

Satan got them to think

Different from what God instructed

Eve disobeyed God

And Adam obligated

No doubt they rued the day

When God they disobeyed

And wished that Satan’s thought

They had pushed away

Just a thought:

Proverbs 14:12  There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Proverbs 16:25  There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death

The fact it comes twice

Should definitely suffice

As adequate advice

That to obey God is better than sacrifice

Stewart Russell © October 2017