Person on the Bridge

You stand on the bridge,

Contemplating the water.

I don't have to tell you this,

You already know.

You look out.

I don't know

If you're looking at the river

or at the bridge

that's halfway

through construction

or maybe,

you're just looking.

I do that sometimes.

My friends

will ask

why I'm staring at them

when really,

I'm just letting the world

go blank.

I think

that that's what you were doing

but I'll never know.

I'd love to talk

to you

but

It's more fun

to fantasize

about everything

that you could have been thinking.

What if

you're really smart,

and I'm the first person to ever realize?

Or maybe,

you're waiting

and the person

who's coming

is going to change your life.

You could be an artist

a writer,

whatever

I want you

to be.