Read Poem: BRIDGES, by Kerry Brackett

It’s easy to burn bridges with the fires
Burning within your heart.
Eyes blood red from tears shed,
Thanks to mistakes of would-be friends
Or family…wondering to yourself how to get revenge
Yet is it vengeance that would null the pain that
Follow you like an unwanted shadow?
Are we not mortal? Imperfect specimens
Who strive for perfection
Yet we all have a tendency of inconsistency
but if we do it with enough frequency
The sounds of inefficiency will ring across
The empty halls of one’s heart.
We shy away from what hurts us.
Yet sometimes it is part of God’s purpose
Certain people are in life for only a season,
While others are there forever.
So we must be careful in performing permanent deeds
With temporary people and situations.
Disappointment is defined as displeasure cursed by
The nonfulfillment of one’s hopes/expectations
There’s been situations where people in your life
Just didn’t make it to where you expected.
So should you neglect them,
Disconnect…no matter their intentions
Even if they put their best foot forward?
That’s your decision, but division doesn’t
Always solve the problem in this position.
Focus your vision holistically
And see if the ignition of the flames
Burning within your heart are of the event
Of disappointment, not the person disappointing you.
For every bridge in your path
Does not have a troll waiting to block you from your journey.
Some are actually part of it.
A necessary piece to this unsolved puzzle of destiny
Now let it be known that some pain and hurt that you own
Are what helps you to become strong and grow.
So…what are you going to do…
If the disappointments in your life…
Was it because of you?
What will you do…if you have the trigger to blow up
Bridges to disfigure any figure that carry the shadows to
Hinder you?
Are you willing to push the button…
Or are you willing to forgive?
The choice is up to you…to cross that bridge.