Bridge
A poem by Laura Foley

Bridge

I want to write long lines that spread like water across a page, words
to assure me beauty still exists and has meaning.
I want my words to bridge unscalable cliffs over human torrents.

I want to pause, suspended over a deep crevice,
to peer down into rocky depths and see a minnow of wisdom.
To see moss growing on stones beside a restless waterfall.

I have heard moss possesses intelligence,
and that gives me, for a green moment, faith,
green as nature, something beyond the wanting self.

Come, join me, over the abyss.
Feel us swaying in the wind, suspended
between Sun and River Styx.

About the Author:

Laura Foley’s most recent collection is: It’s This (Fernwood Press, 2023). Her poems have won many awards and appeared in many journals such as Alaska Quarterly, Valparaiso, Poetry Society London, Atlanta Review, and included in anthologies such as: Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems, and How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope. Laura’s poems have been turned into choral music and performed in venues such as the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Carnegie Hall in New York. She lives with her wife, Clara Giménez, and their two romping canines, among the hills of Vermont.

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