A Boy and a Bridge

by Mark L. Butler

Copyright © 1997 Mark L. Butler

Grating--
Beneath your feet.
Softness--
With a hard crust.
Security--
With a hole,--
No--
Many holes in the middle,
Tears--
On the bottom of the bridge:
A bridge of steel perfection;
Hard,
Strong,
Almighty;
Like bridges (made by men)
That never fall.
Water:
There's a concrete thing--
Solid
As the tears of
A boy and a bridge.