Things We Build

Our Poetry Monday theme this week is "Things we Build"Now I know I posted this only a year ago, but it is the best example I've seen!
Created by my son, Mark, to gift to his wife, Barb . . .
First, the poem:
The BuilderIf you’ll ask any builder whatIt takes to raise a wall –They’ll say, “A firm foundationWill help them to stand tall.
“Some days the effort seems in vain,Stones crack, or break, or fall,Some days it might seem there's beenNo progress made at all.
“But nothing great was ever builtWithin a single day,Press on, endure, and what is builtWill never fade away.
“And bit by bit the building growsFrom one stone to the next,And many things might come aboutThat you did not expect.
“It takes so many years to buildA house of wood and stone,The daily toil and strife and hurtSeems worth it when it’s done.
“Though 50 years to build, and then500 it may stand,The building is a monumentTo the builder’s blessed hand.”
Note: They're not finished yet,But someday they'll be masterpieces!
Then, the pictures: Architect: Barb Tolley
Structures: Megan: Erected 2003
Kyra: Erected 2005
Jarom: Erected 2009
Leah : Erected 2012
Emma: Erected 2017 (To be added)


See? How can I top that?! Mondays do get knocked a lot,With poetry, we three besought,To try to make the week beginWith pleasant thoughts--perhaps a grin?So Jenny and Delores, we,Have posted poems for you to see.And now you've seen what we have brought . . .Did we help?Or did we not?
Next week:This day in 1922,King Tut's room was brought to view!