The new day is born. The Craftsman In Question Behold the Craftsman as a singular world

you are alive and strong, evolves from the nurture of his healing

young and carefree. hands.

Nature surrounds you The object of his affection becomes a

down this road you travel signet of

on your bike made for one. something.

With the sun in your face

and wind in your hair, Is he crafting beauty or beautifying his

you race onwards - ever onwards craft?

..tO home...and rest. Think about this.

-Derry He is one who probably does not know the answer. Lad

The Sun Still, he creates a work defined by him

Children crying - Politician lying - and to be appreciated by all.

cocain buying - bombs blasting -

war lasting - tornados spinning - I wonder, (as he toils), if he is thinking

poeple sinning - diseases winning - of his work or of tomorrow.

parents hitting - crops dying -

grenades flying - animals suffering - - anonymous

homeless searching - airplanes crushing - Africans starving - pollution creeping - floods leaping - robbers stealing - addicts dealing - droughts spreading - optimists dreading - nations fighting - fires igniting - guns killing -

knives stabbing - death grabbing -

---The Sun---

Give it some praise.

It takes courage to show its face to the bitter world below each and everyday...

- Leah Clyburn

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