Marching Orders

Do the work.
Put in
time and discretion. 

Keep things simple,
but do not be afraid
to complicate things

if complication
is demanded;
create no less

or more
than is necessary.
Hold the work up

as a form of prayer
and if you have no God,
make the work a message

to the future — here’s
what I was, how
I saw things, maybe

it will help you. 
Or maybe you don’t
want to know?  Then

do with it what you will.
Let it wash over you
that all your making

may end up in a trashcan
some day.  Do your work
without regard for the result.  

Maybe you’re ready now;
maybe not.  Either way, snap to it.
It’s afoot, this game, this making.

Allow yourself to sink into it
and let go a bit, working with it.
It’s not up to you anymore.