A MAN WITH AN AX

Wood needs to be chopped, it sits 
Waiting, many types and sizes,

Fall is in the air, chillier the air  
Turns, work must be done.

 A job it is to chop enough wood, to 
 Warm a home for the winter,
 
 Must be done, perhaps no fun, as it 
 It is an accomplishment to be proud.


Stack it in a pile, carry it piece by piece, 
Chopped and split wood for a fire,

A smell, can you take it in, smell the 
Aroma as it's cut, Stronger it grows.

A man with an ax gets this job done, he  
Sweats from morning till the setting sun,

Swinging an ax, working as the cold moves 
Closer,

The wood pile will rise higher.

A man with an ax is strong and determined,

He will succeed because he knows of its 
Need.                                                                     
 
When it's done a winter of warmth,
 
When the setting sun, he knows the job
Is done.

Keith Garrett