x.  bridge


ten minutes after we left the subway,
the bridge between us is still shaking
under saturday night rain.

we�re not walking into the caf�
with our friends seeing us like this.

two pairs of legs, already use to being
intertwined, turn, stand front to front.

my innocent comment almost made her think
her childhood friend, a divider, was right

about her becoming a social worker
(read: advocacy facilitator)
for black children and families.

the most important people in life
question her calling / don�t believe
she knows herself.
they�ve never seen a rainbow.

they�ve never seen a rainbow block
a tornado from crossing a field.

so we cry (intertwine) under one umbrella.
letting go of our bridge.  
as if God gave, us, wings.
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