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The Bridge

It had been an unrelenting journey.

ShirleyB
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Today is Haibun Monday at dVerse.  A haibun is a Japanese form that combines prose with haiku. Photography courtesy of gabriella.

The Bridge
It had been an unrelenting journey. We’d cowered from the savage rage of milky-topped mountains; endured the critical eye of rustling ash and quizzical oak, stared into the glare of petrified deer and frantic fox as salmon leapt in grand salute and toads on stools stood in watchful unison.
Choice was for the privileged. Ours was none. The Bridge was all. We prayed with tears as every tumbling waterfall, surge of spray and scurrying rivulet streamed us ever closer. Truth drifted towards us with its fragrant allure. Then it was there.
Regal in authority.
Ancient in wisdom.
Quiet in strength underfoot.
Now we would survive.

life deserves decisions
each person finds where truth exists
seek your own true bridge

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30 responses to “The Bridge”

  1. Mary Avatar
    Mary

    Oh, I like where you went with this haibun! Seizing the ‘brambled path of truth” seems to be the best, though not the easiest, choice! Walking that path may not be easy, but may be most rewarding!

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    1. ShirleyB Avatar
      ShirleyB

      Thank you, Mary.

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  2. Gabriella Avatar
    Gabriella

    I like that the background to this journey remains a mystery. It makes your haibun all the more powerful. The path of truth often feels like a brambled one indeed.

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    1. ShirleyB Avatar
      ShirleyB

      Thank you, Gabriella

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  3. whimsygizmo Avatar
    whimsygizmo

    I love that “brambled path of truth.” The road less traveled is always the way.

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    1. ShirleyB Avatar
      ShirleyB

      Thank you, the truth is so often hard to get to!

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  4. glacial caramel(s) Avatar
    glacial caramel(s)

    This makes me think of The Hunger Games.

    I LOVE this section: “We’d cowered from the deceptively savage rage of milky-headed mountains; endured the critical eye of rustling ash and quizzical oak.”

    And this: “The Bridge was all. Every tumbling waterfall, scurrying its offspring to stream and rivulet us ever to the answer; ancient, true and eternal.”

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  5. writersdream9 Avatar
    writersdream9

    Your descriptions are comparable to Helen Macdonald’s. Lovely.

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    1. ShirleyB Avatar
      ShirleyB

      Such a great compliment. Thank you.

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      1. writersdream9 Avatar
        writersdream9

        You’re welcome.

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  6. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) Avatar
    Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

    Truly a wonderful interpretation, love how you worked with the image as a metaphor… and used it all throughout the prose.

    There is a strong symbolism in the bridge I think,

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    1. ShirleyB Avatar
      ShirleyB

      Thank you, Bjorn.

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  7. Pleasant Street Avatar
    Pleasant Street

    Wow! Such strength here.

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    1. ShirleyB Avatar
      ShirleyB

      Thank you so much.

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  8. trishwrites1 Avatar
    trishwrites1

    loved this: seize the brambled path of truth and your haiku summarizes so well!

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    1. ShirleyB Avatar
      ShirleyB

      Thank you, Trish.

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  9. Grace Avatar
    Grace

    I specially admire this line:

    Choice lie only with the privileged. Our choice; uncompromising, was to seize the brambled path of truth.

    And the ending note, very strong and uplifting ~ Thanks for joining our Haibun Monday ~

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    1. ShirleyB Avatar
      ShirleyB

      Thank you, Grace. It’s a pleasure to be here.

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  10. Sherry Marr Avatar
    Sherry Marr

    WOW!!! I love it, especially the haiku….find your own true bridge…..perfect!

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    1. ShirleyB Avatar
      ShirleyB

      Thank you, Sherry. Sorry it took so long – your comment went into my spam folder!

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  11. Hannah Gosselin Avatar
    Hannah Gosselin

    I love this:

    ” streaming us ever closer to the answer; ancient, true and eternal.”

    and the philosophical turn that your closing haiku presents. Descriptive and beautiful writing!

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  12. ShirleyB Avatar
    ShirleyB

    Thank you, Hannah. It’s good of you to comment.

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  13. katiemiafrederick Avatar
    katiemiafrederick

    Bridges Road
    to LiFe..
    Grass SinGs
    Nature.. now..
    We Bridge
    Roads to
    Grass..
    sign
    stay off..

    Humans on
    grass..
    So Green..:)

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  14. ShirleyB Avatar
    ShirleyB

    Thank you, Katie.

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  15. Snakypoet (Rosemary Nissen-Wade) Avatar
    Snakypoet (Rosemary Nissen-Wade)

    Beautiful descriptions of the natural world, plus deep philosophy. Great stuff!

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  16. ShirleyB Avatar
    ShirleyB

    Thank you, Rosemary

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  17. lynn__ Avatar
    lynn__

    Nature poses its challenges to man and we are ever seeking truth…finding our Bridge is victory! An interesting haibun with well-chosen words/phrases, Shirley 🙂

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    1. ShirleyB Avatar
      ShirleyB

      Thank you, Lynn 🙂

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  18. mishunderstood Avatar
    mishunderstood

    Thought provoking…from prose to haiku.This line especially…
    “each person finds where truth exists”

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  19. ShirleyB Avatar
    ShirleyB

    🙂 Thank you.

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