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I Crossed the Bridge To What Will Be

I've always known I belong in two worlds, one that is real, the other make-believe. It began when as a child, I read a book In it's mysterious chapters I could perceive the possibility of this fantasy coming true. With my book in hand, I read the words, the magic chant that would take me there but where that would be, I was not sure. The time had come, at last, for me to leave and cross the bridge that leads to what will be.

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Jeff Troyer

Date: 8/21/2020 8:17:00 PM

Books are the things of imagination. Keep the flame alive.

Krish Radhakrishna

Date: 8/13/2020 3:56:00 AM

Great poem, with lovely imagination transporting us to childhood innocence and beauty. Tell us after you get there what you see!

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/13/2020 4:32:00 AM

If I can make it back, or want to return, I will. Thanks, Krish.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 8/12/2020 1:23:00 AM

I am working on a painting of a fairy, an owl, an elf, and a cat, all sitting on turtles or hanging out of trees, reading books. This poem told me we feel the same way about them. I love them too!

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/12/2020 7:02:00 AM

Paint away, Caren. What ever you can imagine well enough to paint is reality at some point to you. Thanks for the visit and your thoughts.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 8/11/2020 7:17:00 PM

Really great how you dramatized this one so well, and 'undersold' it with relatively few lines --- resulting in a 'Sale You Nailed!' Great penning, Jenna! :) gw

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/12/2020 6:59:00 AM

I thank you for your kind words, Gershon. I'm glad you were sold, and you'll get a discount. The comments are worth more than a win, and I appreciate them very much.

Mark Koplin

Date: 8/11/2020 2:53:00 PM

I spend many hours each week in my fantasy world. Great poem Jenna!

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/11/2020 5:20:00 PM

Fantasies are free, They exercise the mind and grants many of the heart's desires. Thank you, Mark. I don't think I'll be entering any more of Brian Strand's contests. Despite several HMs, and a 1st place or 2, I just don't understand giving several first place awards, and then only HMs. I may missing something, but I'm moving on.

Rico Leffanta

Date: 8/11/2020 2:00:00 PM

It reads like you have been in deep conversation with my granddaughter! Aloha! Rico

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/11/2020 5:16:00 PM

Oh, the places she'll travel in books. Good for her, Rico. Thanks so much.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/11/2020 1:03:00 PM

I like this melding of fantasy with reality. I would always get lost in my books. Reality is just as weird sometimes. In the romance department, I think life does not measure up to books. haha. VEry nice.

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/11/2020 5:15:00 PM

I could read anything between the covers of a book. Thanks for reading me, Andrea.

Kenneth Cheney

Date: 8/11/2020 8:46:00 AM

When I read this it reminded me of this line from Harry Potter. "Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?" "Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” Very nicely written. A winner with me.

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/11/2020 11:06:00 AM

Hi Kenneth, I really appreciate your detailed thoughts and reference to Harry Potter. What could seem more real than a dream? It could come true. Thank you so much for visiting my poetry.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 8/11/2020 6:56:00 AM

- I think it's about daring to take new directions ... to see what happens - A lovely poem, Jenna - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/11/2020 11:05:00 AM

Thank you so much, Anne-Lise, and I agree. If we dare to dream we can do many things.

John Gondolf

Date: 8/11/2020 6:00:00 AM

I agree with John, many of us live in two worlds. For me at times, the lines between where the real world ends and the make believe world begins are blurred. Best of luck in the contest my friend. Hugs, John

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/11/2020 11:04:00 AM

Hi John, Thanks, and it's nice to see again. I'd been missing your kind words. We are only limited by the depth of imagination.

John Watt

Date: 8/10/2020 9:53:00 PM

Oh Jenna, I love this! So many of us live in the two worlds you describe; so many of us came from the world of books and that is what inspires us to want to write. To tap into that magic of what scintillated us in the other world and bring it across the bridge into the world where we can share it with people. Best wishes in the contest!

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/11/2020 4:15:00 AM

I appreciate your insightful thoughts, John. As a child, reading was my doorway to imagination. Thank you for wishing me well in the contest.