AN ARCHITECTURE

A chasm       

and the desire to cross it.

A bridge and the will to build it.

Girders and trusses.

Rivets and bolts.

All this and more

make an arc of intention.

Imagine the river, also.

But don’t underestimate it.

It is like a snake.
It rises and strikes.

Its roiling waters rage and flood -

and, if fierce enough,

can nullify

any architecture,

wreck any engineer’s 
well-intentioned dream.