
i don’t burn bridges

a bipolar life
i don’t remember the exact moment
though i can recall the feeling
when you came into my life and changed it forever
there were fireworks
distant peals of thunder
sparks flew wildly
to illuminate your beautiful face
stars fell from the sky
and twinkled in your eyes
that feeling is with me still
whenever i think of you,
especially now that
you are in my life again,
it comes straight from my soul
from where you left your mark
so many years ago
i have carried you around with me
for such a long time now
that you are a permanent
part of me
which is why we fit together
so naturally
so instinctively
so perfectly
so, that moment
all those years ago
even though that memory
is not as clear as i’d like
i still have
fireworks
thunder
sparks
and
stars
to show me the way
back to you
glb /// “first blush”
going-sideways.com original
burned out pages
of my journal
from my fifth week
inside
found in the
fireplace in our
back yard,
speak of anger
speak of sorrow
speak of hatred
speak of loss
all pointed at
myself, give
no quarter for
things I did or
did not do
glb /// “burned out pages”
originally published 05/26/2014
words
from my past
are spinning me around,
disemboweling me,
showing everything that was,
conflicting with everything that is,
erase them please,
i don’t want to remember
how i was, so far away
from where i am now
glb /// “erase them please”
originally published 02/24/2014
i am missing you
and your coffee-caramel-sea salt kisses
waking me on Sunday mornings
i am missing you
and tonight is especially
bad for no good reason
i am missing you
because things are happening
and i just want to be with you
i am missing you
I want to share everything
with you, I want you
glb /// “i am missing you”
originally published 09/08/2018