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Swaying Bridges

Swaying Bridges

All my life, I have created with my hands and heart

Poured sweat, feeling, blood and tears

Into bridges, spans to cross gulfs and join

Together, different places, emotions

Friendships, loves and simple connections.

Some have been simple things

A log laid over a small stream called

Minor difference of opinion

Others more stable, a graceful sculpture of

Wood, covered in vine, a protected crossing

Into the comfort and safety of another

Yet seldom do my bridges seem to last

And I beg to understand why

Is it the failure of the architect, a design

With faults built in, or the workman who can't

Follow the necessary blueprint

Or the supplier with shoddy materials not up to the standard

But my spans always seem to fail

Or get lost

The log, now overgrown with moss, lost in the weeds

Of a forgotten dry creek, in woods seldom travelled

The covered arch, resplendent in vine,

Now nothing but a tumble of charred timber

Caught in swirling rapids

So many connections, so many failures

The tools get put away, dust settles on the drafting board

Yet a meeting then stirs of something

Inspired me to begin anew

Much contemplation on the design

So with heart and soul I spare no expense

Foundations stones of enormity

Granite that is timeless and forever

Girders of tempered steel and iron, to withstand

The hurricanes and earthquakes that assail

Any relationship

Safety nets for the pedestrians off to the sides

In the naive belief never would a jumper

Use my bridge for self destruction

And finally out of it all, the banner ribbon is strung

A snip and open is this creation

That crosses over the chasms in my soul

I run and meet you with abandon in the middle

Of this impregnable, indomitable structure

And dance and love and open all to you

Then suddenly the music stops

And the dance is over

Blame against me, excuses put on me

“You made the record skip; your clumsy feet pulled the power cord"

"Oh why? Oh why did you stop the music?" is screamed

Ripping my soul

Simple small things, a reach to reset the needle

Hands can place back the plug

Nothing major or insurmountable when done together

Then as you walk to the rail

I see that which I had missed

Like Al-Qaeda, a fedayeen in the midst of jihad

You’re loaded with explosives galore

And the dance was just an excuse, a time delay

To get yourself into position

So over the rail, punching through safety nets

And leaving behind a package not of love

But full of destruction, you launch yourself

And sadly it detonates

Leaving all in crumbling ruin

The massive beams, what was thought to be

Unshakable foundations

The family that needs you loves you

And of course myself

And as I rise bleeding from ears, eyes and soul

I see that one girder lies crooked and precarious

Hanging over the chasm

Heat twisted, scarred and out of balance

And now I reach out a crushed hand

trying to steady the shaking remains

Now I stagger upon unsteady legs

And begin to walk across this chasm

That you threw yourself in, wringing destruction

As you willing left all behind

I stumble as the beam twist and turns

Yet cross it I must

For I have no desire to stay isolated anymore

And see a chance at peace upon the other side

May the fates still the winds

The grounds not tremble and dislodge this connection

For I truly want to escape this to move on and into

A better world where sound materials wait

Better designs beg for the builders

And come together with another

To build together a new span

To jointly build a new connection

So I tremble and creep

Out into the wide gaping rent in things

May my balance return

My legs be steady and Kismet

                                                                          Finally brush me with a gentle hand

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