The Seldom Used Bridge
The Seldom Used Bridge
An oxcart rolls obediently upon a neglected canyon bridge...
Below, the harrowing throat of a waterfall,
A stone-fanged and froth-draped abyss,
Menaces the bridgeworks spanning perilously overhead.
A rising vapor blocks the driver, who slows but does not waver.
Rails crack and ropes creak under the heft of his burdensome cargo.
Caution and calculation converge, and collide with confidence. But…
Virtue demands delivery.
His Purpose is All.
He cracks the whip,
And disappears into the cold fumes.
-EL
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