Zero

Zero was
this idea the Arabs had
of not-quite-infinity
but back to before we knew
The Promise of Something
This Zero holds the space
before the blossoming
into cataclysm.
It is the moment before the Universe.
It was when we were all friends of God.
The Zero said "So it was
And shall be forever."
"In my Emptiness, I am Full
and
You always return back to me."
Zero is the holding in your hand
of things you cannot hold.
12/28/11