Mess

Should I keep doing this?

There is no
     cohesive theme
             for anyone else
         to follow.
It’s not directed toward
     a particular audience.
It’s a jumbled mess
     of thoughts –
        most of which
               are probably unimportant.

But that has also been
     kind of the point.

My head
     is a mess.

So I’m training myself
     to put some of the pieces
                       together
         recognize patterns
         figure out
            some sort of
               cohesion
                     sometimes
         and finish
            something
               when nothing
                     seems ready
                           or good enough
                                 because it never is.

It’s never quite perfect
     and sometimes nowhere close.
But I’m trying to call some things
            finished
                 anyway.

This space was designed
     to push myself
     to put endings on things –
             writing
             drawing
             painting
             photography –
        even though
             I’m still learning
                 all of it
                    and
        even if
          no one else
                cares.

Maybe it’s
     a silly medium
          to work through
             my natural tendency
                 to start
                        a lot of fun things
                               that I rarely finish,
     but maybe
          that’s reason enough
                        at least for now
              whether anyone else
                 sees it
                      or not
              and even if
                      it’s doomed
                           to irrelevance.