in all the time we take to sit and talk
not one of us has gotten up to look
at what is in the woods just past the brook
it's very simple if only we would walk
out through the gate we would not be mistook
in all the time we take to sit and talk
but then we'd miss the play of mouse and hawk
which is not written down in any book
nor see the creature hiding in her nook
in all the time we take to sit and talk
what's made impossible and left undone
becomes the goal of those who cannot know
how fast the little tree will have to grow
to reach its proper place beneath the sun
in this hard age some tasks are never fun
but this one is for more than simple show
it will not leave us with the sort of glow
that brings the punters to us on the run
you have the magic now or so you think
since all the focus is on how you do
this simple task not on our tired fall
from what was grace but still on the last brink
of victory you may not have your due
since none of us get anything at all
