THE BRIDGE
  BGD 2/16/96

I am standing alone
On the side of the bridge
Looking into the water below.
If I were to jump 
Into the water beneath
Would anybody know?

I stand looking down
Into that flowing abyss
In my mind I ponder my fate.
Would anyone notice 
My absence tonight 
Unless it got really late?

My husband is watching football
The dog asleep  by his feet
My daughter has gone to the mall,
My son is out with his girl.
The bird sings sweet in his cage,
 And the cat is asleep in the hall.

Until the clock on the game
Ticks down to zero.
'Til his girlfriend tells him
She has to go
And the stores in the mall  are empty
 And they finally close ....who would know?

Who then is there to notice.
That I am missing
Or if I'm even there?
And if somebody  noticed
Would they wonder
Or would they  even care?

So I look once again
To the water,
Flowing so far below
And I turn and I walk
With a pain in my heart.
To the car so  very slow.

If a tree falls in the forest
And nobody hears it fall,
Then how would they even know?
If I jumped from the bridge
To the water below
Who then would make the call?

I sit in the car and I ponder
The choices I made tonight
And then I  begin to cry.
I look to the sky turning dark
I scream to the stars yet to shine.
Why is it so hard to die?

bgd 2/96

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