<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 22px;">What The Bridges Hear</span><div style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Even the right words if ever</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">we come to them tell of something</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">the words never knew</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">celestia for starlight</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">or starlight for starlight</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">so at this moment there may be words</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">somewhere among the nebulae</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">for the two bridges cross the wide</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">rock-strewn river</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">part way around the bend from each other</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">in the winter sunlight</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">late in the afternoon more than half</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">a century ago with the sound</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">of the water rushing under them</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">and passing between them unvarying</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">and inaudible it is still there</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">so is the late sunlight</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">of that winter afternoon</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">although the winter has vanished</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">and the bridges are still reaching across</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">the wide sound of being there</span></div><div style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- W. S. Merwin</span></div></div></body></html>