Burnt Bridges



I yearn to cross the charred bridge
where the mighty Atlantic ebbs and slogs,
lapping at the vagaries that insinuate
the you and I that used to float.

Like jaded architects we suspend
the careless viaduct
girded up by tentative intentions
felled by our frivolous hearts.

Now the bridge's still down
after two moon's breach
with no builder 'round
willing to join the shores

Do you know of a Magellan's map
to help us find our way
from here and in and out of there
to somewhere else that's back again?
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXX XXAA XXXA XXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 484
Words 91
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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