Searching For Bridges

I dreamed I saw an eagle covered in coal ash slurry Stripped of flight, with a dark eye of worry, He searched for bridges in a sea of walls. I dreamed I was walking on ten foot poles, Suspended over a sludge of heavy metals, Searching for bridges in a sea of walls. I dreamed of the days when eagles migrated When frozen rivers thawed to the berry of the black haw. I dreamed I was searching for bridges across a slurry sea, Unconscious in gas clouds of legal debris. I'm walled in suspended animation of a walled nation, Searching for a bridge to another side. I dreamed I walked hand in hand in a vibrant land. I dreamed I saw an eagle perched with a watchful eye. I dreamed he lead us away from this swamp of decay, Across a bridge With the power of courage. I dreamed this eagle in flight Led us with watchful sight Across a bridge of clear water Where he dipped his wing In the promise of a new spring.