A Poem Which Nobody Asked Me to Write

Basho wrote that a poet should never create a poem
Unless asked.
Basho was not God.
In his haikus, Basho often wrote of transient things
Like a frog jumping into a pond
Or the sound of singing from the distant rice farms.
Transience is needed in the world.
This may seem obvious, but it is curious
How the soul wishes to make everything last.
Like this poem, which was not asked for--
At least, not by you,
And certainly not by Basho.
Its place is the reality of the moment,
And, perhaps, you never had to ask
Because, deep down, I already knew.