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a bridge

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“Who coulda immm-aaah-jined?” Thalia casts a question. “That a fishing tournament could be so —”

“Fascinating?” Nią shrugs. “Not I.”

“Mhmmmm…” Calliope recalls yesterday’s adventure. “It was fascinating… likely because of our interest… in one of the fisherman.”

“That kid always teaches us something.”


On Children

Kahlil Gibran

1883 –1931

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children.
     And he said:
     Your children are not your children.
     They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
     They come through you but not from you,
     And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

     You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
     For they have their own thoughts.
     You may house their bodies but not their souls,
     For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
     You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
     For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
     You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
     The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
     Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;
     For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

From The Prophet (Knopf, 1923). This poem is in the public domain.

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Gary Spangler
Jun 18Liked by 3musesmerge

I love the details of the bridge! In my thoughts on same, the bridge serves metaphorically as the connector of our “present” with our “future.” Much as Gibran’s archer and bow symbolizes the connection between present behaviors and future outcomes.

What resulted in Nia’s negativity regarding yesterday? Too much sun? The inability to foresee or affect the tournament’s outcome? Lack of the calculus to predict the kid’s result for his efforts? Lack of a fishing rod and reel and experience with same? 😊

It is said, “You can start your day over at any time!” It might be worth a try.🤷🏽

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Jun 18

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