Thought of erasing

Thought of erasing

Construction – the very word itself

is longer than image, toil and sweat

going into the mindset of those involved

 be it artisan, mason, poet or architect;

how much of planning and project

into the outline, inviting word and images

fix and decorate into the auditorium

 draw and paint dipping into acrylic

with brushes of deft strokes every where

selected, touch and smell the paint;

ready for scaffolding, write and draft;

all for records, posterity and content;

but a sudden   hand of blunt and mad

rush  embarks  upon erasing, rubbing,

 not for progress, but for erasure

 to destroy from page, image, history;

woe to the  hand plunges upon erasure

woe to the mind plotting to blot and remove

 those that require consolidation and construction.

Woe  to the very concept of erasure.