The Bridge

The Capitol Island Bridge

Off Southport Island 
Boothbay Harbor Region

The Bridge

 Cars brake at the Capitol Island Bridge,

And turn around at the sign that reads—

“Dangerous Narrow Road.” 

The bridge looks like a rickety old man,

with bent back that can barely hold up,

his own weight let alone somebody else.

The islanders arrive at a different place,

Of gratitude for their ageless friend,

Who bends his back to bridge them,

Into a world received only in trust.

What are your familiar landmarks?  The Capitol Island Bridge is indelibly marked in those who come to the island.  It represents an old Mainer life, other-worldly, that transports us from one world into another that renews us.