Burned Bridges Poem by Loyd C Taylor Sr

Burned Bridges

Rating: 4.5


When I chose
To burn my bridges to you,
O what a stupid choice I made,
For I burned my fingers with the matches.

When I changed
My mind and wished to return,
The way to you I found not,
It lay before me now as smoldering ashes.

When I looked,
Hope had been consumed by coals,
Angry flames had lapped up my stupidity -
I learned one cannot return over burned bridges.

© Loyd C. Taylor

Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: divorce,marriage,regret,romance
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Author's notes: I do quite a bit of marriage counseling, dealing with the many regrets of people who live in the past. So often because of the choices made, their mistakes cannot be undone. They chose to burn the only way of going back and making things right. Now they live with the scars of burns from those decisions. Be careful when you burn bridges.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Geetha Jayakumar 08 July 2014

Short and sweet but a Meaningful write. Very true said, it's very easy to take a decision in hurry and burn the bridges. When bridges are burnt only ashes remain, it leaves scars and one cannot go back....Poet's note did bring a better view of Poem. Thank you Sir, for the inspiring comment for my poem though I baked in an oven.

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Maria Goodison 13 July 2014

something that we often do in life, burned bridges a good way of seeing the wrong we do like it a lot thank you

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Tajudeen Shah 29 August 2014

wonderfully put the 'realization theme' within such a cute frame. glad, delighted really to read such plain expression of poesy that prompts one to enjoy and engage. Great. God Bless.

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Darlene Walsh 05 September 2014

Words of wisdom, very well written. Of course, far too few people will learn this lesson before they too get burnt.

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Soul Watcher 01 November 2014

A very nice Poem... Well done

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Tadasha Tripathy 18 November 2014

I learned one cannot returned over burned bridges. May be somewhat possible when we can fly. Just joking.It's a nice poem.I liked reading it. thank you.

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Leloudia Migdali 14 November 2014

Sad but so nice a poem! Yes, one should think twice before burning bridges!

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Galina Italyanskaya 11 November 2014

A thought-provoking and, I would say, philosophical poem. Maybe it's a matter of forgiving. If it was done by mistake. If it's just not our fate, we have no need to burn bridges, we simply go away. Thank you for sharing!

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Tadasha Tripathy 03 November 2014

I learned one cannot returned over burned bridges. It's with beautiful overflowing thoughts.I liked it. May be we can fly to he dreamy person over the burned bridges.

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Valsa George 02 November 2014

Once we wreck a relationship, it is so hard to reinstate it. A thoughtless action can invite so much of heart burn! Married life needs a lot of adjustments and it is easy to burn a bridge.... but unfortunately we too get burnt! By the time the realization comes, it will be very late! A great truth put in a simple frame! Enjoyed!

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