Past/Time

You
need to get out
of the past
After all
there is a reason why it's the past
the past
was simply not made to last
so let it go
Sure
it may have been better than now
or it may have destroyed you then
sand castles washed away are meant to be rebuilt again
let them hide in places away from the tide
but let the past go
you can't breathe because the past is a vacuume
there is no air there
don't let the past choke the life the present brings out of you
breathe
inhale that glory
that agony
that pain
that passion
because that
let's you know that you are alive
what good are obstacles if you aren't willing to meet them?
what good are challenges if you aren't willing to beat them?
The past is simply a mechanism to let you know where you've been
and you know the right and wrong actions that can take you there again
it's not there to torment you
to pain you
to steal away your slumber
It's there to let you know what struggle feels like
to help you remember what determination is
to drive you
to be better
to yourself
to others
To listen to the God we all have within us
yet look up to the sky for
throwing up our hands in dismay asking "Why, for?"
You haven't used the past like you said you would
like you promised yourself through bloody words uttered to yourself
crying in the fetal postion promising that when you were older
you'd change things
but have you?
Have you met your child with the same impatience that crushed your esteem?
Have you remembered how much you truly despised how your father treated your mother, how you would never do that to the one you love(d)?
Do you see the similarities in how you cope with adverse situations?
Are you handling them any better?
If not,
it's past time you do
and let the past go
Clinging to it is like holding on to the same doubts, fears and insecurites for old ties sake
Let the past go
release it from the horizon in front of you
and let it go where it belongs
behind you