Crossroads & Intersections #1

8" x 8" x 1.5"

Acrylic on Canvas

It was Apple Blossom Time in the Valley

At the Festival I Met This Girl

Our Time was Brief Like an Autumn Leaf

Beneath the Sky of Diamond and Pearl

 

She Lived in a Different County

Our Homes Seven Miles Apart

The Distance to Travel I’d Have to Unravel

But That Didn’t Worry My Heart

 

Crossing the River Would Have to be Done

A Difficult Task Without a Machine

More Precisely Said, ‘twas the Bridge Instead

That Worried My Heart to Extreme

 

For Once Through the Planks, I Fell

While Crossing an Old Wooden Bridge

High in the Air and Done on a Dare

To Make it From Ridge to Ridge

 

If I Were to Walk those Seven Miles

I Could See the Face of That Girl

But Crossing that River Made My Heart Shiver

Beneath the Sky of Diamond and Pearl

 

Yet I Set Off on My Journey to Love

Guided by Foolish Romance

Would I Cross the Bridge to Reach the Ridge

Or Would Fear Cripple My Dance

 

As I Stood Before the Crossroads of Love

I Saw Her House at the Top of the Ridge

She Was Waiting for Me, That I Could See

While I Thought of Crisscrossing the Bridge

 

I Should Never Have Walked Those Seven Miles

And Crossed the Intersecting Grid

The Journey was Long and Could Have Gone Wrong

And yet… I am So Glad I Did