bridge of the gods

 

standing on a bridge I stop and turn and look behind

to memories of happy days and what I used to be

then up ahead along the way to what I hope to find

and longing for the happiness of who I strive to be

 

I close my eyes and realize the bridge is hanging free

in time and space, there is no place, no time apart from here

and now, this moment is the sum of all that I could be

and memories and longings just distract from what is there

 

and so I freeze and cannot move, can neither go nor stay

I hesitate and realize this bridge is far too wide

I’ve always been, will always be somewhere along the way

I open up my eyes and see you standing by my side

 

I held you once my child, so small, so fragile and alive

and looking in your eyes I see the child that once was me

you’ll always be the only thing of me that will survive

and so it’s you who are the sum of all that I could be