Surprised …
To be –
Still –
So near the
High level bridge:
Cars thumping
On their
Temporary routes
Between one shock
And the next.
The mud margins of an estuary;
The river runs out here
Or the sea is born;
You have to decide for me
Because we both know (don’t we?)
That I have never been good
At beginnings or endings.
Come to think of it
Only one of us ever believed
I managed even the bits in between
At all well.
Made my laugh, not sure if it should have?
No worries, this was inspired by the wonderful time-out/holiday we just had in North Devon. Our rental house was underneath a new modern bridge and traffic over it made such a noise!
Of course it was on an estuary so the beginnings and endings bit (or vice versa) was the next step … the “bits in between” floated in almost without my noticing, but adds something a little cheeky.
Laughter is always good wherever it comes from.