The bridge that won't burn

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  • Michael87024
  • ok, she came home for a "visit", but does that mean she is staying? Not likely....

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Just some insight as to what torments me, I have no general idea of what social acceptance is.

The bridge that won't burn

How can I make sense of all the questions?

Why not look at yourself from the outside?

If I look, I know I won't like what I see.

Thats a chance you're going to have to take.

I see trouble, lies and deceit. are these really me?

No, they're just how you've come to know yourself.

Is there any hope that maybe I can oneday change?

You are already changing, you see yourself smile.

I smile because I have something worth living for.

What? You didn't have a reason before? Why not?

I burned every bridge I crossed, some more than once.

Are they expendable, or irreplaceable, these bridges?

Two of them are my flesh and my blood, Mom and Dad.

Do you see any reconciling with them anytime soon?

I have to forgive myself before I can ask forgivess of them.

Can you forgive yourself?

Can I?

Yes.





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Teardrops commented on The bridge that won't burn

12-24-2009

I believe its your parents who should look for forgiveness you did nothing wrong but be a child

PrecientPoet commented on The bridge that won't burn

12-23-2009

I dunno, it is hard to burn a bridge down that is your parents, it usually can be easily repaired if you wish. You have know general Idea what social acceptance is? Good, that makes you healthy. When I was young I cared what people thought about me. When I got older I didn't worry about what other people thought. Now that I am old I realize they were never thinking about me in the first place.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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