Nature Did Not Exist

It’s a line in a novel,
That’s all. All it ever was.
No, not a novel. Memoir.

And only in translation,
Meaningless out of context.
Although it isn’t context,

Either, is it, does the trick?
Any old algorithm,
Any system of logic

Can come up with a statement,
A declaration something
Is or isn’t. The meaning

Comes neither from the statement
Nor the context, but from you,
Sizing it up. Deciding

Whether or not you agree,
Whether you believe it’s true.
No matter the assertion,

No matter what you believe,
It’s your interpretation
Generates meaningfulness.

If none of you had believed
In nature, nonexistent
Otherwise, would it exist?