<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366984" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Bridget And The Bridge</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Young Bridget was a cautious soul, <br>Not one to risk her all, <br>She'd rather have her self-control<br>Than jump up high then fall...<br>That's why she froze one Summer's day, <br>When at the bridge she stood...<br>She didn't trust the stones or clay, <br>She didn't trust the wood! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">While others crossed the bridge ahead, <br>She watched through gritted teeth, <br>With one almighty sense of dread<br>That strengthened disbelief...<br>Yet there she stood while buses drove, <br>Full up for all to see, <br>Her mind, though numbed, for courage strove, <br>Yet brave she wouldn't be...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So Bridget made her way back home, <br>As if she had no choice, <br>As if no more from home to roam, <br>While she regained her poise...<br>Though fifty years have come and gone, <br>The bridge remains quite strong...<br>While Bridget lived her life alone, <br>Still asking, 'Was I wrong? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, October 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366984" data-title="Bridget And The Bridge de Denis Martindale" data-description="Young Bridget was a cautious soul, Not one to risk her all, She'd rather have her self-control Than jump up high then fall... That's why she froze one Summer's day, When at the bridge she stood... She didn't trust the stones or clay, She didn'..."></div> </div> </div>

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