The Bridge Builder

[Azhure Darkstone]

<u>The Bridge Builder</u>

An old man going down a lone highway
Came in the evening cold and grey
To a chasm vast and deep and wide
Through which was flowing a sullen tide.

The old man crossed in the twilight dim;
That swollen stream held no fear for him
But he turned when safe on the other side
And built a bridge to span the tide.

"Old man," said a fellow pilgrim near,
"You are wasting your strength with building here;
Your journey will end at the ending day;
You never again must pass this way;
You have croseed the chasm deep and wide-
Why build you this bridge at the eventide?"

The builder lifted his old grey head.
"Good friend, in the path I have come," he said,
"There follows after me today
A youth whose feet must pass this way.
This swollen stream which was naught to me
To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be;
He, too, must cross the twilight dim;
Good friend, I am building the bridge for him."

[Lord Gue]

Nice! If I was deep id say something about how much truth is embeded in that about "The greatest generation" to us youths in leading the way for us and making our lives better

But Im not so I wont

[Lucifer]

I like :)

[Azhure Darkstone]

I think a lot of elders make us show respect for 'respect your elders' but they see the younger generation as rude and ignorant who dont deserve respect back.
To this only a few elderly have done that, most are polite, but the ones that arent....grr you really dont feel like showign them respect back, no matter what age you are. But you do because their older, and it's a moral to respect them.

Most pave the way, and without knowledge we'd end up in the dark ages again, like when the great library in Greece was burnt down by barbarians. it's up to the older generation to share their knowledge and up to the younger generation to listen and each generation to respect each other in return. Its a hand in hand thing, give and take.

I dont know, Im just an ignorant youth with ideas that dont count as much as everyone elses, and when posted it was fired up about the treatment given on public transport that night.
so hey!