INSTRUCTIONS

Abandon them

along with

any prescriptions

for the way things

ought to be.

Rid yourself of

the compulsion

to control.

Any voices

you hear

inside yourself

angling for

hard-won outcomes,

feed them like seeds

to the finches.

Then wait

for the song

to emerge.

A melody will come—

and with it

instructions

you are meant to follow

and ones actually

worth listening to.