The Bridge
Yesterday as I crossed the bridge
on my way to where I had to be,
it flashed across my mind for an instant
just how easy it would be
to let the car go where it would,
through the rail and into the water,
and suddenly I knew just why he did it.
With so much pain, nothing else mattered.
And I cried for his pain and for mine,
because I had never been so low.
And I cried for his love and for mine,
because it had nowhere to go.
Yesterday as I crossed the bridge,
I crossed another in my head.
I'll never be that happy again,
and I'll never be that sad.
About this poem
I wrote this poem a few weeks after the death of a dear friend at his own hand. He had risked everything for love, and lost. I'd done the same, but I survived. Would I have if I hadn't lost him too? For Doug.
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Written on 1986
Submitted by CarolDavidson on April 25, 2023
Modified on April 27, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Abxb xxxx cdcd Axxx |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 554 |
Words | 130 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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