diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7dd8b7d..b7735a5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 
 [GoldMark](https://github.com/yuin/goldmark/) inline attributes extension.
 
+This implements the [`bracketed_spans`](https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#extension-bracketed_spans) of pandoc.
+
 ```markdown
-[Attention]{.underline} some text
+[This is *some text*]{.class key="val"} outside text
 ```
 
 ```html
-<p><span class="underline">Attention</span> some text</p>
+<p><span class="class" key="val">This is <em>some text</em></span> outside text</p>
 ```
 
 ```go
diff --git a/extend_test.go b/extend_test.go
index 7a797b5..1007aa9 100644
--- a/extend_test.go
+++ b/extend_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 	source := []byte(`
-[Text underlined]{.underline}
+[This is *some text*]{.class key="val"} outside text
 `)
 
 	var md = goldmark.New(Enable)
diff --git a/parser.go b/parser.go
index 2cebb8c..efe30c4 100644
--- a/parser.go
+++ b/parser.go
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 package attributes
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/ast"
 	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/parser"
 	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/text"
 )
 
+var spanContentStateKey = parser.NewContextKey()
+
 type attributesParser struct {
 }
 
@@ -20,35 +23,155 @@ func NewAttributesParser() parser.InlineParser {
 }
 
 func (s *attributesParser) Trigger() []byte {
-	return []byte{'['}
+	return []byte{'[', ']'}
 }
 
-func (s *attributesParser) Parse(parent ast.Node, block text.Reader, pc parser.Context) ast.Node {
-	savedLine, savedPosition := block.Position()
+var attributeBottom = parser.NewContextKey()
 
+func (s *attributesParser) Parse(parent ast.Node, block text.Reader, pc parser.Context) ast.Node {
 	line, seg := block.PeekLine()
 
-	endText := bytes.Index(line, []byte{']'})
-	if endText < 0 {
-		return nil // must close on the same line
+	if line[0] == '[' {
+		pc.Set(attributeBottom, pc.LastDelimiter())
+		return processSpanContentOpen(block, seg.Start, pc)
 	}
 
-	if len(line) <= endText || line[endText+1] != '{' {
+	// line[0] == ']'
+	tlist := pc.Get(spanContentStateKey)
+	if tlist == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	last := tlist.(*spanContentState).Last
+	if last == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	block.Advance(1)
+
+	removeSpanContentState(pc, last)
+
+	c := block.Peek()
+	if c != '{' {
 		return nil
 	}
-	block.Advance(endText + 1)
 
 	attrs, ok := parser.ParseAttributes(block)
 	if !ok {
-		block.SetPosition(savedLine, savedPosition)
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	n := &Node{}
+	span := &Node{}
 	for _, attr := range attrs {
-		n.SetAttribute(attr.Name, attr.Value)
+		span.SetAttribute(attr.Name, attr.Value)
 	}
 
-	n.AppendChild(n, ast.NewTextSegment(text.NewSegment(seg.Start+1, seg.Start+endText)))
-	return n
+	var bottom ast.Node
+	if v := pc.Get(attributeBottom); v != nil {
+		bottom = v.(ast.Node)
+	}
+	pc.Set(attributeBottom, nil)
+	parser.ProcessDelimiters(bottom, pc)
+	for c := last.NextSibling(); c != nil; {
+		next := c.NextSibling()
+		parent.RemoveChild(parent, c)
+		span.AppendChild(span, c)
+		c = next
+	}
+
+	last.Parent().RemoveChild(last.Parent(), last)
+	return span
+}
+
+type spanContentState struct {
+	ast.BaseInline
+
+	Segment text.Segment
+
+	Prev *spanContentState
+
+	Next *spanContentState
+
+	First *spanContentState
+
+	Last *spanContentState
+}
+
+func (s *spanContentState) Text(source []byte) []byte {
+	return s.Segment.Value(source)
+}
+
+func (s *spanContentState) Dump(source []byte, level int) {
+	fmt.Printf("%sspanContentState: \"%s\"\n", strings.Repeat("    ", level), s.Text(source))
+}
+
+var kindSpanContentState = ast.NewNodeKind("SpanContentState")
+
+func (s *spanContentState) Kind() ast.NodeKind {
+	return kindSpanContentState
+}
+
+func spanContentStateLength(v *spanContentState) int {
+	if v == nil || v.Last == nil || v.First == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return v.Last.Segment.Stop - v.First.Segment.Start
+}
+
+func pushSpanContentState(pc parser.Context, v *spanContentState) {
+	tlist := pc.Get(spanContentStateKey)
+	var list *spanContentState
+	if tlist == nil {
+		list = v
+		v.First = v
+		v.Last = v
+		pc.Set(spanContentStateKey, list)
+	} else {
+		list = tlist.(*spanContentState)
+		l := list.Last
+		list.Last = v
+		l.Next = v
+		v.Prev = l
+	}
+}
+
+func removeSpanContentState(pc parser.Context, d *spanContentState) {
+	tlist := pc.Get(spanContentStateKey)
+	var list *spanContentState
+	if tlist == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	list = tlist.(*spanContentState)
+
+	if d.Prev == nil {
+		list = d.Next
+		if list != nil {
+			list.First = d
+			list.Last = d.Last
+			list.Prev = nil
+			pc.Set(spanContentStateKey, list)
+		} else {
+			pc.Set(spanContentStateKey, nil)
+		}
+	} else {
+		d.Prev.Next = d.Next
+		if d.Next != nil {
+			d.Next.Prev = d.Prev
+		}
+	}
+	if list != nil && d.Next == nil {
+		list.Last = d.Prev
+	}
+	d.Next = nil
+	d.Prev = nil
+	d.First = nil
+	d.Last = nil
+}
+
+func processSpanContentOpen(block text.Reader, pos int, pc parser.Context) *spanContentState {
+	state := &spanContentState{
+		Segment: text.NewSegment(pos, pos+1),
+	}
+	pushSpanContentState(pc, state)
+	block.Advance(1)
+	return state
 }