THE PAST

We think of the past as water under the bridge.
A current that carries away the mistakes of our youth.
The loves we lost.
The addictions we gave into.
The opportunities we threw away.
But sooner or later, reminders drift back into our lives of the mistakes we made and the sins we committed.

Yes, the mistakes of our past have a way of drifting back into our lives.
And when they do we have to pay for them.

The past is never truly behind us.
Ghosts lurk in the shadows, eager to remind us of the choices we made.
But if we look back, we might find an old friend with open arms or an old enemy with a hidden agenda.
Some of us refuse to look back, never understanding that by denying the past we are condemned to repeat It.

DH