Pay it forward....

I am watching Pay it Forward again as I get ready for work. I turned the channel as the junkie that Trevor had helped has found the woman trying to jump off the bridge. The Junkie[Jim Caviezel], ends up asking the lady to do him a favor and save his life. It is very moving. I have seen that scene from both perspectives. I have been on the bridge ledge and also at the bottom of addiction. This is excerpted from my book, Drinking, Denial, Damage, Done, available at www.lulu.com/dumbdavid

The Bridge

The bridge still calls me

Even after these years

I feel the rusted steel

Under my hand as I climb

The bridge still calls me

Sometimes late at night

When I’m alone and down

I remember the wind in my hair

The bridge haunts me

Knowing how close it had been

I’m sure I could flown free

Far and high that night

The bridge is inside me now

Torn down for progress

Made the right choice then

Fate just wasn’t meant to be

The bridge still calls me

The lonely desperate man/boy

Too much pain you see

I am sure I could have flown away