I watched them tearing a
building down,
a gang of men in a busy
town.
With a heave Ho and a lusty
yell,
they swung a beam and a
side-wall fell.
I asked the builder are these
men skilled
and the men you'd hire if you
were to build?
He gave a laugh and said "No
indeed,
unskilled labor is all I
need.
They can easily wreck in a
day or 2,
what builders have taken a
year to do."
And I thought to myself as I
went on my way,
which of these roles have I
opted to play?
Am I a builder who builds
with care,
measuring life by rule and
square?
Patiently doing the best I
can,
ordering things to a
well-made plan?
Or am I a workman that walks
the town
content with the
"labor" of tearing down???