Building Bridges Poem by Lynn Anne Brown

The only Oath I've ever made

Was to make the best of what I had
And to learn to use it Well
And not to put it to the Test
Unless
It was necessary

I didn't have a lot
But I had enough
To understand
What was
Said around me
And I knew
How to Read
And How to Write
And Sometimes How to Draw
And Even Sometimes How to Paint
I Dance When the Music Moves Me
And I sleep when the Song is sweet
And when it turns to Noise that calls for Action
I do my best to be alert
I've learned how to do some mending
And I've learned how to do some fending
And I've learned to to do some thinking
For Myself
And sometimes
I've Got to do these things
With others
Whether by
Reading the Same Book
Or Watching the same TV Show
And when I am lucky
Getting to Spend Time
In Real Life

The Internet
I have noticed
Provides and interesting Bridge
Between All these things and more
It gives us an Opportunity to Meet
Before we meet

The languages we learned
To speak before
Informs
The way we do things now
And how we'd like to do them in the future