Southbound Went North

Everyday people, extraordinary heroes…

Excerpted from   –   Southbound Went North

…So they moved despite the pall
The shock would have to wait along with wondering how
For now they had to figure a way off and out of being cornered

Construction workers hailed exhorting them to cross the divide
These men that stood on the bridge as it fell worthy of an epic poem
And thanks to them several southbound went north to get home
And would arrive…

   -gl-

From   –   Bridges Don’t Fall Down: Stories from the I35W Bridge Collapse