Paul Tristram
Ash Bridges
The road leads only forward now.
With a head full of memories,
a heart that has won and lost
love half a dozen times before
and a soul chiselled into the
very face of survival.
This may be a new road
but it is certainly not a new path.
It is easy to sever the ties,
to undo the knot and leave.
Telephone numbers, addresses,
postcards and letters can lead
to a chain the length of Marley’s Ghosts
to drag around and drag you down.
Leave the bridges smoulder behind you,
and let the sun set fire
to the sky, over yonder, to greet you.
With a head full of memories,
a heart that has won and lost
love half a dozen times before
and a soul chiselled into the
very face of survival.
This may be a new road
but it is certainly not a new path.
It is easy to sever the ties,
to undo the knot and leave.
Telephone numbers, addresses,
postcards and letters can lead
to a chain the length of Marley’s Ghosts
to drag around and drag you down.
Leave the bridges smoulder behind you,
and let the sun set fire
to the sky, over yonder, to greet you.
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