Why do I simplify? Let me count the ways.I do it to clear the depth and breadth and height
My chi can reach, not just putting out of sight
For the ends of Orderliness and ideal Minimalism.
I do it to the level of every day’s
Most simple needs, by sun and candle-light.
I do it purposefully, as some men strive for More;
I do it humbly, as I turn from Success.
I do it with a passion put to use
In my former greed, and with my childhood’s contentment.
I do it with a freedom I seemed to lose
With my cluttered space, — I do it with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! — and, if God choose,
I shall but live more simply after death.
