The Architect and the Artisan

The architect uses stone to build his walls

and keeps the world at bay.

He hides away from what he fears

but he locks his love out too.

The artisan would put his tools to stone

and find a new form within.

He loves what cannot yet be seen,

Finding beauty in its release.

The artisan found the architect

and saw the new form within their stones.

Together they could build beauty.

Together the construction would be complete.

But the architect did not look inside,

and saw only another stone.

He went and found some more stones,

and continued to build his walls.

The artisan began to shape his stone,

making it an incomplete masterpiece.

With the architect’s aid and stone,

a masterpiece could last a lifetime.

The architect would not leave his walls,

and would not spare his stone.

Now he seeks out other stones to use,

as he finishes his hollow home.

The artisan’s masterpiece crumbles,

destroyed by the architect’s creation.

If the architect had left his folly

he would have had something real.