Books are often bridges
rickety and narrow
reaching over lightyears
of space and time
an arrow inked
in blood and soot
from mind to mind.
Books can bridge
the sea and deserts
over rivers, borders
into bedrooms, kitchens,
into the hardened heads
of misogynist and terrorists,
but if you never let touch
your dreams, it might
instead enrage,
cause words in cage
taken out of context
are often the accelerants
a self-appointed zealot
use to burn the bridges
libraries are set to be.
Books are often bridges
but you have dare
to read and comprehend
that everyone
is not the same
Today Punam hosts at dVerse, and the topic is bridges.
September 26, 2023
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Well written! Books can positively impact our world. Thanks for sharing.☺️📚
Yes.. but they have to be read.
I love the metaphor I see flowing through this, where books are comparative to people, as the old adage goes. I love this part especially:
“an arrow inked
in blood and soot
from mind to mind.”
So true and so well said! Books sure can be bridges if we read them. Thanks for joining in, Björn.
There is certainly power in books, for ill as well as good. We should treat books carefully. Even admirable books can be misunderstood.
So true–books can expand our experiences and also spread dangerous ideas.
Great poem Bjorn
I love your thought that words are the bridge connecting past present and future.
“reaching over lightyears
of space and time.”
“Books are often bridges
rickety and narrow”
Nice one Björn
Much🖤love
I agree that one has to dare to read, across genres and outside the comfort zone, and let the bridges appear one by one… good point, Bjorn.
Great perspective on reading, Bjorn. I’m reading Chuck Palahniuk’s brand new book right now and it’s taking me to all sorts of new places. The subject matter is best described as shocking and volatile, but the wrapping holds such precious kernels of blinding truth within it.
p.s. great pic from your long walk last year
Hits a nerve here, Bjorn. Our US state, Texas has banned the most book titles of any other state. Our large neighbor city of Houston has a “sanctuary” section to read and/or be checked out. My Houston Library card had expired but anyone who has a Texas driver’s license is eligible to get one. Bravo!!
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I really love that imagery in S1 and the first half of S2. Apt metaphor.
I had never thought of books as bridges but of course, they are! Bravo!
An excellent metaphor Bjorn. (K)
Brilliant! Books connect the mind to different concepts, like poems connect us. The internet is perhaps the largest bridge in the word.
Hello my friend. I enjoyed your work today..