to remember i look away

Why does my focus change?

I see You light up the night, silent footsteps drawing closer.

In each ear I hear Your whisper,

Yet I turn to what I've built.

What I have created is Your creation;

but I claim the beams and pillars.

From Whom did I collect the supplies?

All my toil to make You smile,

to catch Your glance.

In my labor I forget You grew the saplings

wrought the iron,

laid the foundation.

I give my thanks to Thee.

To forget myself I meet You;

To remember I look away.

-S.L