Future Mistakes

James BellDecember 26, 2018

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Future Mistakes

written by: James Bell

@bel_avocat

Devil forced our busted hand
We never dreamt how the lovelorn deck would land

Inner demons smiled all the while
Ever knowing we wouldn’t wander that final mile

Long forgotten angels hidden in the chasing shadows
Together, two minds raking over love’s highs and lows

Our powerless Gods forgave future mistakes as we naively guessed
What unrequited crusade first set us out on this futile lovers quest

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Gabriela M. is a US university professor and author of three novels. Her poetry was published in Spillwords Press, Vita Brevis, Indian Periodical, Gioielli Rubati Poetry (translated in Italian by Flavio Almerighi), Tuck Magazine, KashmirPen, “Heretics, Lovers, and Madmen,” Literary Yard, Proletaria, Free Verse Revolution, and other venues. She was selected “Author of the Month” at Spillwords (April 2019). Her poem “The Breath of Love and Death” was voted “Publication of the Month” at Spillwords (November 2019). Gabriela’s work was included in the following anthologies: America’s Emerging Poets Southeast Region (Z Publishing House, 2018); Florida’s Best Emerging Poets (Z Publishing House, 2019); and Pain & Renewal (Vita Brevis Press, 2020). Her poetry book, Passion: Love Poems and Other Writings, will be published by Vita Brevis Press under the pen name Gabriela Marie Milton in Spring 2020. She blogs at shortprose. Christina Schwarz, the author of the New York Times Bestseller “Drowning Ruth,” on Gabriela’s poetry: “With lush language and lavish imagery, Gabriela M. evokes a fantastic world ripe with emotion.”