What It Is

POSTED IN contemporary poetry October 6, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What It Is

It is what it is because of what it is not
Being what it is not because
Nothing is not what it isn’t
By virtue of what it is.
Notwithstanding that what it isn’t
Is not what defines what it is,
Though what it isn’t is part of the is that it is
Because it is without what it is not,
Therefore being part of what it is, nonetheless
It is still somewhat defined by what it is not—
am I making myself clear?

 

 

 

D E  Navarro