Unity Bridge

A covered bridge across a lake Spanning decades without break A steadfast soldier tried and true Never querulous, sans ado Yet those who trod across its planks Never gave a word of thanks  But without thought for its provide Always made the other side Until one day a storm did come The likes of which no man has seen The faithful bridge it did succumb  Yet fell it did with noble mien And when the tempest had its say Its fury done, the wind at bay The planks in heaps strewn on the ground  Began to make a creaking sound For as the sun rose in the sky Its healing rays and warmth did give The sodden wood a chance to dry And renewed its will to want to live And those who came and saw the mess Then realized truly they'd been blessed They rued that they had been so vain And vowed to build their bridge again And so together worked as one All misconceptions were now gone For with one mind they worked the wood And saw that it was very good