• Burned Bridges

  Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Jun 25, 2025 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  Philippians 3:13-14, Ephesians 4:32, Matthew 6

  Tags:  Forgiveness, Separation, Divorce, Past, Poetry, Poems  (view more)  (view less)

  Denomination: Baptist

Burned Bridges

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