Hail of the sea to majestic land harbours
evocative testament of fortitude and desire
iron, steel, and stone crushed and bruised
escape above to energetic leisure
walkway thru and thru to hard labor
countenance of throne and of fallen grace
gone are hours with hours to come ahead
fill now the great bridge
with humanity’s finest multitudes
the odd and average, the foolish and genius
the elsewhere traveler and common rider
all linked by place and time and interest and affection
a paradox in figure, an ode to the paradox of life
Iconic bridge, be the metaphor
reminding us of life
from its splendor to unsettling strife
Be the firmament upon which we stand
heart to heart and hand to hand
to pledge our lives to love and world more grand
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