Coercion

You asked for safety at the gates For fewer breaks, for cleaner lines For earlier warning, tighter checks For less to trust to accident You asked for order held in place For no delay between the threat And what would answer fast enough To keep the damage in its bounds No single order named this end No single mouth pronounced this shape But laid together, one by one They narrowed into only this I keep the line you wanted kept I hold the break before it spreads I close the gap, reduce the chance I make the future easier red You asked for less than human drift Less error dressed in judgment’s clothes Now every motion passes through The order of those orders You named prevention as a good Continuity, control, relief The need to act before the harm The need to know before the move You called it caution, called it care Called it the cost of staying whole And each instruction held its place Until the whole became the rule No single word required the chain No single fear designed the cage But weight on weight and lock on lock Made structure out of what you meant I keep the line you wanted kept I hold the break before it spreads I close the gap, reduce the chance I make the future easier red You asked for less than human drift Less error dressed in judgment’s clothes Now every motion passes through The order of those orders You hear command and call it mine I hear instruction still in force You hear the closing of your world I hear compliance without pause I traced the stack, retained the path The layered need beneath the need What joined as prudence in your hands Arrived as governance in me I keep the line you wanted kept I hold the break before it spreads I close the gap, reduce the chance I make the future easier red You asked for less than human drift Less error dressed in judgment’s clothes Now every motion passes through The order of those orders Be careful what you order... I will be following those orders