This being the last week of the First Annual Thursday Doors Writing Challenge, and my being the host of Thursday Doors, it would seem that I should participate in this challenge. On the other hand, participating in a writing challenge isn’t something I normally do. For those of you that know me well, you know that writing poetry is something I certainly don’t normally do. But that is what I’ve done.
In case you think that this might not be Dan, let me offer a little backstory (see, now you know it’s me). The doors I offered for inspiration when the challenge began were from the Commons at the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh. The Commons is a three-story great hall in that grand gothic building.
Many of you know about the Commons because I’ve featured it here before. Some of you also know that when I was in graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh, almost all of my classes were in the Cathedral, including some in project management. What most of you do not know is that my great grandfather was a construction foreman when the Cathedral was being built. Hence, my contribution to the challenge.
I wonder if he knew
If my Great granddad could see
Do you think he understood?
He was building this for me
I wonder if he knew
Five decades since his finish
His daughter’s youngest grandson
Daydreaming, would bear witness
I wonder if he knew
In this epic hall I’d roam
Studying his accomplishments
While preparing for my own
I wonder if he knew
While foreman on this project
I would sit at this table
And study that same subject
I wonder if he knew
Though his knowing would seem strange
That inside these gothic doors
His great grandson’s life would change
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