An Unfinished Project



The piece of wood
has been stripped of its bark.
Pine,
oak,
maple,
it matters little.
We all must come when beckoned.

The wood is shaped
by a saw,
a chisel and plane.
It is no more what it was,
but what it has become.

The carpenter assigns
shape,
texture,
color.
The fibers will build
a table or chairs
a shelter
or a cross.

Unfinished
is a state of grace.
Submitting our essence
to the will of other.
The will of He
who uses a chisel
to bore out my sins.






copyright 2016 - Donald P James Jr 

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