Glenn Sierchio

Along the way, today is my gratitude day...
I have found the darkness too easy to see. I have seen the burning sunlight through my eyes to my soul. With my life unfolding, coming out the wreckage, I saw birds in flight on the thermals of the invisible waves. I have asked the wind to come heal my wounds of a sorrowful past to which my heart did not understand. What became of my child's inner heart?
The wounds followed me for a long time and I held onto the pain as if it was a coat that hid my outer self to the world. The day I took my life back from the world as they saw me was when I woke to a physical pain! My inner child was sacred, the pain was to meet my reality head on, eight hours later in the Hackensack Hospital about 2004 / 2005.
I laid there in thought, the hospital personnel had no answers to explain my situation. The answer came to me like the writing on the wall or a knock at my door. I walked out of that hospital, looked up at the blue sky and asked, "What is next?"
Find your biological Mom a whisper came to me. I remembered that someone once told me that I had an Uncle Jack in Jacksonville, FL so I dialed 411. I was given the name John with my Mom's maiden name. The short version was that I found my Biological Mom when I turned 50 years old. The sad reality was her quality of health was not good at all. But, I was able to give her back her first born (Jimmy Neal 1952-1983) by talking to Rita who did not deserve the past 30 plus years without her sons. For about a year I would visit her with a son's smile, and her spirit was grateful. However, her poor health wore her down; and I later got the call that she had passed to the next life greeting her by Jimmy, her first son with open arms.
I decided as my Mom was lowered into the ground that I saw the writing on wall once again. So I moved toward outside activities; changing the way I ate and making a solid decision to greet all humans with respect, with a handshake or a hug and a smile. To find my heart in music, listening outside the box and yes continue my loyalty to Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Brotherhood. My very close second favorite band would have to be Railroad Earth; which in some way lead me to Sweets (Debbie) in 2007 and my life changer that started on MySpace. I sent a friend request and the universe gave me back a message. (Story of another time and place). Today in 2014 Sweets is my rock, my vulnerable safety net and most of all she gives m