Image:Sudie Blanchard
The Wiggly Bridge
Melanie Kyer
The bridge is closed.
I didn’t want to cross it until it closed.
And now I see it taunt me from afar.
The bridge is closed.
It was a wiggly bridge anyway–
The other side a dark forest of unknowns.
The bridge is closed.
The path to get there shifting sand and rock,
Requiring a thoughtful, measured step.
The bridge is closed.
But I have faith I’ll walk that path someday,
To tread the shaking trestle, step by step.
I will see the other side.
– May 8, 2020