All will be lost to dust in time. Even my music, Even my music will one day be forgotten. I create and will continue to create As any true artist would, But I will abandon my creations With a noble heart and poignant mind So that they may take on a life of their own. I will not form attachments. Like the Buddhist monks and their mandalas Made of colored sands, I will allow my works to be transformed By the flowing river, To be deposited on distant shores Or to be destroyed outright. When one gives of himself, When one truly sacrifices, There is a reward to be had. Something Lesser For something Greater.