We bridge time

And lose time

And gain time



But we can never get back time



We do all kinds of things with cable

Sometimes - in our minds - we're able



To support magnificently large bridges

With cable strung along without hedges

And we marvel at the kinds of support

Cables provide, and so they ought



For they've been strung carefully over time

During which many have persevered with prime

Thought given to the very ultimate task

Of seeing the work produce strength at last



And we wonder how it is at all possible

That we have not wound up in hospitals

Dizzy with the spinning we've suffered

As cabled bridges have been buffered



With lines which have been strung between

Two parties who've not taken time to've seen

Each other's ojectives which've only been

In imaginations, hearts, souls and dreams ...



- Tristram