Rain Forest Bridge
To cross
you must first
trust the strands
to hold.
The second tentative
step precedes
the next,
each successive one
gaining strength:
here to
there, now
to then, a summoning of
entreaties
within
one’s faith.
Vapor meets cooler air,
forming droplets,
clouding the far side.
I have feared endings
and the strictures of the unseen,
but here
in this vast
swaying,
I know
one line
bisects the void.
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“Rain Forest Bridge” first appeared in Four Ties Lit Review in August, 2014.
O at the Edges 
As much as I am afraid of heights, I find it to be much more frightening to watch my children cross bridges like this than to cross them myself.
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Oh, the very thought of it!
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Terrifying! And wonderful.
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I think it would be terrifying and exhilarating at the same time. My heart would definitely thump away!
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