I wrote this after Linda's mom and dad lost their home in the Oklahoma City Tornado in May of 1999.

Nothing

The hardest thing in life is to do nothing,

Nothing requires more energy, more everything,

Doing nothing and not getting depressed is a miracle.

Doing nothing takes considerable effort

If you have something to do, you just do it.

Making something to do is hard work.

Trying anything to exist takes energy,

Energy has just left and depression surges my being,

It is like trying to hold a wave of water back

By holding your hand up as a dyke,

It really doesn't work, does it?

Still, you hold on and pray and wait,

Nothing happens and everything leaves

Your being slips into blackness

Your spirit slides into a deep hole,

You grab anything you can to hold on to,

All you have left is your belief in God

All you have left is your belief God will rescue you,

To be rescued is all you can hope for,

To be rescued is all you need!