Old Burning Bridge
Harmonie portman 1989 (Ohio)
Why do I keep trying to build this old burning bridge?
I repair the first wood plank then the second then the third
I mean everytime I repair that old burning bridge its holds for a little then it crumbles.
I wonder why that is...
As I think that this old burning bridge will hold I get to the fourth plank and then I look back just to see what I have rebuilt has crumbled once again. But now I'm stuck and dont know how to get the old burning bridge from crumbling.
I think to myself it's just a few planks what harm can they do so I try to build this burning bridge once again and once more to the point theres nothing left of that old burning bridge that I can build only one last plank which is slowly burning away
What should I do should I keep rebuilding or so I let this old bridge go.
Why do you keep burning your only bridge after I repaired it so many times? What is left of your bridge but that lonely plank that slowly burning... What are you going to do when that last plank crumbles?
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Written on July 14, 2021
Submitted by harp198925 on June 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Words | 210 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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