A Brief History Of Labor

In a day
there was earth,

the bright vision,
seeing land
and sea
separate,

and all the
creatures in them.
In a day

the second labor,
pains and cries.
The work of hands

built a tabernacle
to be in the presence.
A home to hear
the later psalms

or a place to remember
the work of hands
and rest for a day.