'You burn bridges'

"You burn bridges "      timothy r gates, 11/15/2013 for Marisa

Been told this
since my teens.
Of course this is
by those well compliant.
make no mistake about it,
whether i'm the "hippie"
or just "antiquated,"
matters not, to me.
if the bridge
is in the way of honesty,
being dismissive
of those without voices -
like the ancients and prophets
said,
like Jesus' saying,
"How you treat those considered least,
you are doing so to me."
No equivocation,
a job, a raise, a recognition for efforts -
if at another's loss,
I still have the same response,
like when "i was a young hippie:"
"Hell no!"
So you think that I burn bridges. 
Quite perceptive, are we?