BRIDGES  

IN  THE  DISTANCE

There is something about bridges ….

Sometimes they shake - evoking

memories of past moments on the

other side of some place distant  -

down there on the other side

of the inside of something forgotten

or something about another that

we just - really - don’t understand.

They hint at hesitation - or maybe even

the need to stop - or to turn back to

some safer place than going ahead.

There is something about bridges….

We see them just ahead of us -

through the front windshield of our car -

but we also have an eye on what’s

behind - what’s in our rear view mirror….

There is something about bridges ….

We know they can help us to get

to a new place in a relationship -

or a situation - so we don’t make

the U-turn. We reach out to the other

with a call or with a handshake -

that ancient bridge made of flesh

and hope. We talk to ourselves:

"Maybe we can make the crossing

and arrive at each other - at their

elsewhere or their take on something -

a place we’ve never been to or

we’ve never realy understood - 
but maybe this time we can bridge 
the difference and arrive at place 
called 'Understanding! or 'Peace!'"

© Andy Costello, Reflections, 2013