I watched them tearing a building down,
A gang of men in a busy town,
With a ho heave ho and a lusty yell,
They swung a beam and a side wall fell
And I asked the foremen, “Are these men skilled,
The men he’d hire if he had had to build?”
He gave a laugh and said, “No indeed!
Just a common laborer is all I need.
I can easily wreck in a day or two
What builders have taken a year to do.”
I asked myself as I went my way,
Which of these roles have I tried to play.
Am I a builder who works with care,
Measuring life with rule and square?
Or am I a wrecker as I walks the town ,
Content with the labor of tearing down.
-Unknown Author
I read this wonderful poem and could not stop myself from sharing this. From a book titled “8 Attributes of Great Achievers” by Cameron C. Taylor
Very good poem bhaji… 🙂
Just was reading a book and found this one and couldn’t stop myself from sharing.
Very good poem bhaji… 🙂
Just was reading a book and found this one and couldn’t stop myself from sharing.
Very good poem bhaji… 🙂
Just was reading a book and found this one and couldn’t stop myself from sharing.
Bastards… whats this.. Rohit thoomaaa.. close this site..
This poem was written by Charles Benvegar in 1967 and published in “The Songs of the Free State Bards” compiled by Vincent Godfrey Burns. It is titled “The Wreckers”. Please give correct credit or remove this poem. Thank you. I will be contacting the author of the book you found it in and demanding an explanation as to why it was not correctly credited.