Cade-Rothwell Lodge No. 1151

Poem

A Real District Deputy?
by Jerry Leighon
NY Mason

Each time it's different and each time the same
and has been from the whenever start
For centuries, I guess

And yet I'm the guardian by default
Of assignment, make sure it's done right
and it must have been the same
For centuries, I guess.

I'm supposed to know the question
Before I know how to make the answer;
A troublesome task and a burden,
But it must be done as it's been done before
For centuries, I guess.

So I took the assignment and shouldered the trust
And wear the purple and help where I can
And Wonder and Wonder and Wonder
If the craft is any better for my being there.
It must have been thus for numbers of us
For centuries, I guess.

I once stood in awe of the Grand Masters choice
of his Deputy and of his guidance
But now Question why it is me he has chosen
To guard the Crafts precious secrets and ways
To help good become all the better tis the way it's been done
For centuries, I guess.

So I watch each degree and each is anew
And each lodge presents it's own version of the lesson,
Sure in the view that they are exactly right and
I sit and Wonder and Wonder and Wonder
Each time it's different and each time the same
and has been from the whenever start
For centuries, I guess.