"The Past" Inspired by Of Daggers and Deception:

The Past

The past never goes away.

What happened is part of you,

as is how it haunts you now.

Some people never forget

and spread the pain with every retelling.

You wouldn’t be the same

without that past.

What happened is part of you,

as is how they haunt you now.

The past led you to the present,

but it doesn’t dictate your future.

Those dragging you back to the past

only see darkness ahead.

But the dark spaces of your past

remind you that light is worth finding.

What happened is part of you,

as is what you do about it now.