and we all fall down

my favorite view of downtown minneapolis
was from the 35W bridge
and this was especially true at night.

as i've spoken with others in the last day,
i've learned that many people
felt the same way i did
when seeing the skyline and the river
as they drove across that bridge.
there are other bridges that cross
the mississippi into downtown
but none with a view that compared.

i've driven that stretch of road hundreds of times.
the bridge was a major part of daily life in the cities.
it scares me that it fell and people suffered.
it scares me that we don't have it anymore.
i don't know exactly how our city will function
without that bridge for the next few years.

this will change the way the city grows,
where people work and live.
it will cause some neighborhoods and businesses to thrive
and others to wither.
or maybe it won't be so bad
and we'll all get it figured out after a little while.

-nicole