of mason and wall

pulling forth form

I am drawn to the building site

and to the masons who start to pull up the walls

of cinder block and mortar,

to the “mud” of the binding,

to each block distinct

until aligned and worked into the whole,

an action of creation that calls up to me the potter

who, like God in Genesis, pulls forth clay into substance,

the formless into form,

each mason gifted in the making

and warm in words and connection,

only single digits of days 

and concrete foundations will sprout the walls,

that will delineate rooms within which

teacher and learner will find their own way

to build form and substance,

and to reach toward the sky.

by Henry H. Walker

September 20, ’13