Bridge into Darkness
The bridge ended exactly where the trees began.
Although a few splashes of sunlight still played at the very edge of the woods, it was clear that these would be the last traces of light to grace the afternoon. Immediate darkness waited just beyond the final board, and yet I did not want to return to where I had been.
The only way through is straight ahead, I told myself and began to press forward, pushing my way past bushes and branches, pulling aside vines to see if I might find a path to follow or some evidence of a trail marked by another soul passing here ahead of me to show the way clear.
But no guidance presented and no trail emerged.
I continued long into the deep of the woods, my forward efforts at last rewarded with a small patch of sunlight permitted to penetrate the dark through a slight opening in the canopy above, a beauty I would not have known had I not taken the first step off the end of the bridge.
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Written in response to this week’s Six Sentence Stories challenge, hosted by Girlie on the Edge. Each week writers are challenged to spin a tale in just six sentences.
This week’s cue is BRIDGE.
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Sometimes we have to go into the unknown.
Absolutely.
Always that darned 1st step! Once taken, even the bad stuff can be “welcoming” because at least you are moving forward. The trick is staying on the forward path, not running back to the safety of the bridge, the safety of the known.
May there always be a bridge for us to travel over 🙂
Absolutely, Denise! Absolutely.
Tactile prose much?
lol
One of the highest compliments for a Six is to deem it engaging. This is not quite the word, for your’s of this week, mostly because of my own tendency to associate that particular description with sudden action or emotion, you know, like a car crash or a love scene. Or a love scene in a crashing car.*
So, the first though about this Six was how ‘visual’ it was. Not merely an abundance of description of setting, more the juxtaposition of description and…. er action**
Example: Immediate darkness … beyond the final board,
or ” …a small patch of sunlight … a slight opening in the canopy above.
An action and a thing…
ok, I’m starting to reach.
Good enticing Six Sentence Story.
*damn! Already been done, at least as a movie ‘Crash’ (the 1996 movie direct by David Cronenberg not the one in 2004)… it did have one of the poster boys for the rogerian worldview, a young James Spader
** vocabulary deficiency here… fill in the proper rhetorical term (if there is one)
Clark, as always, thank you for your comments and feedback.
I immediately thought of that film and then you jumped there in your footnote. The 1996, that is. An interesting film – thought-provoking. Not nearly as familiar with the 2004 and I honestly don’t think I’ve ever watched it. But I do know that Mark Isham did the music and I do enjoy his work. Check him out.
I’m also going to think about Spader as a Roger. Yeah.
Great six
Thank you, Paul. And on to the other comment…
sometime the chances we take are the best to take. good six I meant to say more UP there! fat fingers. UGH!
If we don’t take chances, we’ll never know what is possible, right?
For that first step, rewarded with such beauty. That first step in finding one’s way. (In six sentences, no less!) Nice.
If only real life unfolded so neatly, with such reward. (And as easily as it does in six brief sentences! Ha.) Thank you, D.
The first unhesitating step is the most important. Great take. 🙂
Indeed it is, Kitty. Thank you!
What is life without choice and risk? Great six!
Empty, I suspect, Lisa. Thanks!
Sounds like great courage and faith–BRAVO!
Taking that first step requires it for sure.