Bridger
Here with walls green and bright
My inn with fire’s warmth and light
By a ravine low and steep
An old man came in the night
Hunched, disfigured, neither proud nor tall
With a face shaped much like a wall
Wishing to bridge the sides of the chasm deep
A bridge builder was his call
He asked for a place to stay
Where in the night he could lay
Near the pit where dark things sleep
During the day he will be away
Despite a frail body and limbs uneven
I found he had a big heart even mid the wintry season
Despite the shadowy gloom the ravine does keep
But why he built I had no reason
When asked he said it was for those not yet
For them was his life’s work to be met
So they need not worry about the depths where evil does creep
He felt it was to them that was his debt
For long ago when strong and young
He did things that should not be sung
Until he climbed from the chasm steep
For once down under his soul was wrung
Copyright © Trapper Jones | Year Posted 2025
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