In the beginning
A magical notion
a concept
in the beginning
the Bridge belonged
to the mind
an idea in suspension
a shape that gradually
took shape
through the language used
a language that grew
in complexity
the language of dreams
and of calculation
a measured language
that was transformed
into designs
into meticulous drawings
every nut and every bolt
a language engineered
into a structure
an act of the imagination
inserted into the reality
of the space that separated
Brooklyn from Manhattan
a word made flesh
born out of the material mind
John Lyons