"A Bridge Too Far..." Poem

I remember so many seawalls  at 4AM.  That PALPABLE Dark - just before sunrise.  ...And porch-steps... front steps... park benches... bridge railings... and even when its too far - any and everything is just too far... too, too far:

"A Bridge Too Far..."

It doesn't hurt
now... anymore,
I understood - really,

and you apologized -
you didn't have to do that

you didn't know -
even I didn't know
how much I

...asked...

how much I
...wanted...

NEEDED

...us...
to be.

 and how it is you JUST - stand up - and walk away... even when there's nothing there - under your feet,.. as you rise up and let go. 

...and the PALPABLE dark flowssssssss by... hear the singing... hear th

Chris

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Amy Bumpas]

In the last line:...and the PALPABLE dark flowssssssss by... hear the singing... hear th
What did the th stand for...like you didn't finish the sentence?
This had a nice flow to it, like a song.

[deeps]

I really liked this and some truth as well as some inspiring words.
Such a nicely written write Chris.

[Wolf's Dark Song]

This seems to me to be about something dark and sad, like letting go after a long struggle or letting something go you really don't want too. It is a really wonderful poem. It pulled me in and I gladly read it several times. I really like it.

[Emily B]

some folks write words, little words and big words and they line them up oh so prettily, and when you back away from it, it really doesn't appear to say too much . . . but words like these, that you offer to us here, they sing such a pure and sweet and knowing song, that I want to weep, really weep, even if I don't know why