Makeshift scaffolding

Makeshift scaffolding                                                                                      
 
Meher, laboring while in the body,
established schools, dispensaries, ashrams –
 
whole communities and then, at their height,
dismantled, dispersed and abandoned them.
 
Mere scaffolding, He said, for the real work,
offering no further explanation
 
to the participants, the world and the mandali.
One day in the not-too-distant future
 
my lifetime’s structures will be razed,
dismantled, dispersed; things I consider
 
vital, valuable, steadfast and dear.
The real work having been accomplished
 
(for this segment of the journey), all the apparent,
quite human and temporal activities,
 
without sufficient explanation, shall come to an end,
the makeshift scaffolding irrevocably removed.
 
O child of God, only the real work matters, 
accomplished beyond your efforts and ability to grasp.