" THE BRICKS OF AMERICAN MASONS "

When the red bricks lock and protect your solitude
It seems so simple to find a crack
A flaw in the Mason's symbolism
Painted all over
The congressional halls
Of fame and reckless
Wielding of power,
Do not these red bricks, having been fired
Hold truth, just in the hard work
The sweat of good
And insightful ideals
Of like minded men
With masonic symbolism
And historic forethought
Holding western ideology
To the very bosom
Of the brick laid fireplace
Where the warmth
Of God's Love
Reveals,
A brick-by-brick
Powerful soul
Hewn of honesty
And those striving
To understand....

Tony Taylor.  (Chicago)