Wreckers or Builders
I watched them tearing a building down,
a gang of men in a busy town.
With a ho-heave-ho and lusty yell,
they swung a beam and a sidewall fell.
I asked the foreman,
"Are these men skilled,
as the men you'd hire if you had to build?
"He gave me a laugh and said,
"No indeed!
Just common labour is all I need.
I can easily wreck in a day or two
what builders have taken a year to do.
And I tho't to myself as I went my way,
which of these two roles have I tried to play?
Am I a builder who works with care,
measuring life by the rule and square?
Am I shaping my deeds by a well-made plan,
patiently doing the best I can?
Or am I a wrecker, who walks the town,
content with the labour of tearing down?
-- Unknown
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