To what of
empty is lovely 
for doesn’t none 
beg for some 
why then is
silence only seen 
and never heard 
it might seem 
everything I know 
that has been 
empty has always 
been filled almost 
to the brim 
as if empty 
couldn’t be more 

I have found 
that patience is 
a key virtue 
in creating a 
life that works 
no more knee
jerk reactions or 
arrogance veiled in 
desires or wants 
but a listening 
to exactly what 
it is that 
my life needs 
in order for 
its own happiness 

I wonder if 
things are in
what we don’t 
notice until needed 
that maybe then
when before there
we made do
but now when 
said and done 
if only I 
had then maybe 
I’d have won 

Each step is 
a reflection and 
a reference to 
the one above 
and the one 
below and each 
one is a
chance to make 
the last one 
better than before 
or even after 

Being content is
the antacid of
an otherwise chaotic 
life and discontentment 
is the heartburn 
of an otherwise 
sad and negative 
and miserable life