Monday, August 3, 2020

shaping life

some take
their hands to wood,
carving
with sharp instruments
into the trunks
of trees, finding
what their hearts desire.
practical
and needed, the shelves,
the drawers.
perhaps a table to eat from.

and some
go towards rock,
towards marble and stone,
chipping away
at some beauty locked within.
shaping and smoothing
life out.

whereas i
suppose i find
my work in words.
no less hard, no less a struggle,
to find
an answer
to a mystery that never
ends. to put it all
down in writing,
with my
sharpened pen.

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