A long way home
A long way home
Photo by Mike Hall
A long way home
One day a youth decided to take a
different way home. He traversed seven
bridges that day. First, he crossed a
small stone foot bridge over a swollen
creek in the woods. In the same woods,
he went over a ravine on a plank bridge
with bristled rope guides. He crawled
along an old slippery log over a raging
river. The woods opened to rocky hills,
and he tempted fate on a suspended
rope bridge in a steep crevasse. The
hills gave way to corn fields and barns.
He went through a covered wooden
bridge over a small tributary. Next,
the road home covered swamp land
and bogs. A long, straight, low bridge
made of concrete, steel and asphalt
made the traveling easier. The noise
of people and cities filled his head,
and he challenged the bay on a modern
suspension bridge loaded with cars.
When he finally arrived at his house,
the youth had become a man, passing
tests of faith, love and responsibility.