Water and hand and wheel
raise a pot
from a lump of clay.

Slurry and hand and screen
sift a page
from a soup of wood.

Heat and hand and hammer
forge a leaf
from a rod of iron.

When hands touch
and eyes behold,
when minds recall
and hearts embrace,
then wood and iron and clay
conspire with us
in re-creation.

It is good.
It is good to be embraced,
to be recalled.
It is good to be beheld,
to be touched.
Whether clay or iron or wood
or flesh and spirit, it is good.
It is good.

David M. Frye
April 15, 2009
Denton, Neb.