Acadian Man

I recognized you

when you walked into town

with slow measured steps

Sure like your vocation

that occupation that leads

to places unforeseen

French Canadian man

of Acadian descent will

you outlive your trade

To devote your life to a

delicate selection of wood

is your dream fulfilled

Scent of yellow cedar

you work to make sawdust

Float about you

Satisfied with work

joins fits and seams

you celebrate late evening

If a man enjoys his work

the fruits and end result

he has lived a good life

I am happy for you to

witness the end of day

reward I revel with you

How I came to this situation

is beyond my imagination

what happens here is true

This mysterious ledge

on the edge of time

is what stirs my heart

Across my path a wanderer

dwells for a length of time

and a gift is given to me