Masonry

how well you perform your craft
"practice makes perfect"
and you have long since
practiced
the grout - a perfect blend of non-chalance
and
ambiguity
calloused, well worn palms and
digits
blisters as a result of hard
labor
so skillfully you lay each
brick
with such focus, such devotion
to your task
build it high
build it wide
And, when you are unable to see me
standing
start another wall
make sure that my frustration
will be insured
They only come down when you
want
Them to
and such a slow process,
to unbuild a fortress
so carefully laid and founded
convinced; converted by your
callous ways
Apprentice
I mix my grout alongside you
learn your techniques, your
crafty ways
sharing a wheelbarrow
taking turns with the trowl
we build our walls

soon, one of us will need our
own wheelbarrow for
The Distance will be to great,
to far to keep our wall-building
efficient
Achievement: finally working together.
and I fall in love with The Distance
with your work becoming mine