Do and Do Not

We’re not Yoda or Kierkegaard—
There’s always try, if you’re alive,
And while you can regret either

Or both, or anything you do
Or don’t do, it’s not guaranteed.
It’s not a universal rule.

The rule is nothing stops changing.
Our speculation is nothing
Probably also started it.

In the event, you arrived here
Somehow, whether or not you had
Anything to do with it or

Have any real choice to do it
Or not do it, whatever it
Means to you. Now, you’ll have to go,

Not because you did or didn’t
Do, try, or regret anything,
Although you must have, certainly—

You can, if anything, affect
Only the speed of this, never
Effect the fact that you exist

Who, once upon a time, for most
Of universal existence,
Didn’t exist, and who soon won’t

Exist ever again. Regret
Anything? Everything? Do, don’t,
Try, didn’t? Regret helplessness?

Yes. That’s what you really regret,
Not having a real choice in this.
Wise thoughts are all born fools for this.