Meanwhile, Melody Muses…

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Bridge Beckoned

She had never been to Never-land, Never stepped beyond the skin and through the veil To where dreams, dormant and restive, lie in wait. But Bridge beckoned, and her feet heeded. She felt the power of Bridge in her veins, Which throbbed with mystery and awe. She sensed the way Bridge wanted to wrap her…

Photo courtesy of Flobo Consigliere

She had never been to Never-land,

Never stepped beyond the skin and through the veil

To where dreams, dormant and restive, lie in wait.

But Bridge beckoned, and her feet heeded.

She felt the power of Bridge in her veins,

Which throbbed with mystery and awe.

She sensed the way Bridge wanted to wrap her in itself,

Merge with her DNA,

A cloak bold and ethereal and other-world.

Time dripped through the slats with the inexorable mist.

She hesitated.

What did Mist obscure?

Fear, a sharp-clawed thing, sat on her chest and perched in her lungs and robbed her blood.

But Bridge beckoned, and her feet heeded…

I ran across this image this morning and couldn’t resist asking for permission to use it.  It has entirely captured my imagination.  It is like a portal into another dimension.  Will the subject overcome her fear and cross to her destiny?    Where do you see this bridge leading?  What do you think?

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Responses to “Bridge Beckoned”

  1. pause

    I think that your poem..is wonderfull…!Anytime you wont an other photo of mine..to write a poem..just tell this to me..!NOTE…DON’T ASK ME…JUST TELL ME THAT YOU TOOK A PICTURE…AND YOU MADE IT.. 1000 WORDS..!!I love seeing what others watching into my shots..!an other point of view..that I have never imagine!!wonderfull poem..and thanks for choosing my picture,and of course for asking and being so kind!!!have a nice day..

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    1. melodylowes

      I am so glad that you liked it – I haven’t done that before, but I just loved your photo so much the words started coming right away! It was a really fun experience so let’s try it again sometime!

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  2. ivonprefontaine

    What a great poem; it has some Road not Taken qualities of the uncertainty of the next step.

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    1. melodylowes

      Wow – I love Robert Frost, so I will take that as a high compliment! I thought that bridge represented the exciting, frightening, glorious unknown in our lives, so you definitely caught the emotion of it that I was intending!

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      1. ivonprefontaine

        Your poem caught my eye because we just finished an activity using The Road not Taken. Next year, I might use your poem.

      2. melodylowes

        It would be an honour! You definitely have my permission!

  3. Herbstbaum

    In my imagination, I am already on the island. It seems to me like a view from the past.

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    1. melodylowes

      And maybe it is! Thank you!

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      1. Herbstbaum

        You are wellcome, is my issue too. 🙂

  4. Shantelle Latreese

    Very nice! i could feel a lover scared to go deep in the relationship..’never went beyond the skin’ afraid to move the mask and become open.to take the bridge over to the unknown.such fear being illustrated here.. Thank you so much for sharing!

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    1. melodylowes

      That is such a lovely interpretation! I hadn’t thought of it in terms of intimate relationship, but that also works so well with the image and the fear of intimacy and the unknown. Thank you!

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      Thank you very much!

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