WELL "BEGGER" ME . . .

"IT'S" A POOR MAN WHO BLAMES HIS “TOOLS” . . .

"WELL" BEGGER "ME" FIRST IF I OWNED SUCH “FOOLS” . . .

LEFT TO SHOVEL WITH ALL - BUT A “SPOON” . . .

WITH MY BARE HANDS ~ I LAY THE MORTAR “DOON" . . .

DREAMS SHATTERED ~ THE MORTAR SPLATTERED . . .

“DOWNED” BY HUMBLE TOOLS ~ LIKE IT MATTERED . . . !

DID I “EVEN” GIVE A "SHITE" . . . ?

WHEN ALL "I" WANTED WAS A “LIFE” . . .

“WITH” IT ~ JUST A PIECE OF LAND . . .

THAT WOULD HAVE LEFT ME FEELING “GRAND” . . .

 “INSTEAD” ~ ALL MY DREAMS TURNED TO SAND . . .

FOR “REASONS” ~ I WILL JUST NEVER UNDERSTAND . . .

SHOULD I THEN “LAMENT” ~ LAY DOWN AND CRY . . . ?

“WHEN” THERE IS NO USE ~ TO QUESTION WHY . . .

ARE WE ALL NOT BORN ~ TO “SURELY” DIE . . . ?

THE REST ~ "WELL" ~ A GIVEN ~ ALL “LIES” . . .

"SO" AS I ROLL IN MY GRAVE ~ AS “ONLY” I MAY . . .

IT SEEMS I’M NOT “GONNA” SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY . . .

SO IF BEFORE I GO ~ I LAY THIS MORTAR TO THIS GROUND . . . 

COULD YOU FINISH IT ~ WHEN YOU GET TO COME AROUND . . . ?

"THUS" GO ~ "BUILD" ~ ON ALL MY DREAMS . . .

IT WAS AFTER ALL ~ "YOURS" ~ IT "SEEMS" . . .

"THOUGH" CALL ON ME WHEN YOU ARE ON THE LAST LEG . . .

SO "I" CAN CRAWL INTO AND LIE IN YOUR NEWLY MADE BED . . .

"RATTLING" ONLY TO "MYSELF" ~ HOW IT'S YOUR PROBLEM NOW . . .

FOR IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU “REAP” ~ NOR “SURELY” SOW . . .

AS ONCE I ~ YOU’VE “LOST” YOUR CASE ~ IT IS NOW ~ FAR TOO LATE . . .

NO “HEART” ~ HAVE I ~ "SO" PACK YOUR BAGS AND CLOSE THE GATE . . .

I HAVE DONE MY TIME ~ "WHILST"~ I WAITED MY PLACE . . .

ALL WITHIN THE "HALLOWED" GROUNDS OF "GRACE" . . .

ABLE NOW TO CATCH AND KEEP THE DREAMS I CHASED . . .

"ALL" WITHOUT TROUBLE AND “ALL” OF IT WITHOUT HASTE . . . 

TO "FIND" ON MY "RETURN" ~ ALL BRICKS AND MORTAR LAID . . . 

BY "GODS" GRACE "ALONE" ~ I "HAVE" ~ BEEN PAID . . . !

FOUND "WITHIN" ~ THAT I HAD ”REALLY” MADE THE GRADE . . . 

"EARNED" MYSELF "NOT" A "SPOON" ~ "BUT" A "SPADE" . . . 

INDIANA SHAW . . .