Bridge of Sighs
the story goes
that convicted criminals crossing from court to prison
to be executed
or locked away in dank windowless cells
received one last look at the world--
from the bridge's portals facing the sea
where against Agian skies
sails slipped silently past
San Giorgio's doms and its tall tower
a million breaths
wisped away on the wind
fluttered softly to the water--
such a beautiful place
again to never see
forever more to leave
not one sigh stifled--
now, I upon that bridge
drink all that I can see
for whatever I've left
twenty--thirty
before eternity
I sigh
every day
every picture
every poem
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