Floating Bridges
-Federico García Lorca
Oh what tremendous multitudes,
invisible and ever-changing,
come to this garden
and linger forever!
Every step we take on Earth
takes us to a new world.
Every single footstep
lands on a floating bridge.
I know that there is no such thing
as a straight road.
Only a vast labyrinth
of intricate crossroads.
Our steps incessantly
create as we go
immense spirals
of unfolding pathways.
Oh garden of fresh
possibilities! Oh garden
of all I still am not
but could and should have been!
from Art & Wonder: An Illustrated Anthology of Visionary Poetry, selected by Kate Farrell, p. 24
