Bridge Builders

Thank you to all bridge builders,

for my world was small,

I was cut off by where

the land had melted

or fallen off — however it was

that left me separate,

on my little floe,

the arcs of my thought

cut off from sharing

because so many no go zones

surrounded me

Thanks to the bridge builders,

now I can, if tentatively,

find the way to share my truth

without igniting someone else’s shame,

without triggering their anger

or their censure

And so my world gets larger

and my joys do too —

I feel the lift of this enhanced communion,

this openness of mind

that comes from how we now can see each other

clearer, more fully,

and we can range more freely

on what now is common ground.

©Wendy Mulhern

January 15, 2017