Sea Span

Beautiful Bay

By: Charles Giuliano - Aug 11, 2017

Sea Span

Brisk head wind
Choppy in the Bay
White caps on water
Salt in my face
Lurching about
Holding on tight
Near the prow
Windsurfers zooming
To leeward
Shrouded in fog
Mighty span
Over under and around
Golden Gate Bridge
Marvel of engineering
Back then said
Couldn’t be done
Stretching across
Shore to shore
Sailing ever closer
Snapping away
The grid above us
Patterns of girders
Symphony of waves
Engines as tympani
Gulls taking solos
Wagnerian opera
Under then around
Turning back
Circling grim Alcatraz
The Rock
Where tourists scramble
Docking at the pier
Where sea lions
Bask in the sun