Memories, I've forgotten
Both the good and the bad
Feelings, they've faded
To stop me from looking back

Words spoken
By her and I
Killed me a bit
Deep inside

Tears left unshed
Screams held back
Smiles forced out
Silence all through out

All those gone
All of them flushed out
Yet they come back
And knock on my door

The past clings on
To me like a baby does
To its mother, not letting go
Even when the mother has

Why do they come back to me
Every once in a while
I left everything of the past
Behind and I never turned back

I have started a new
But my past returns
To try and ruin what I have now
And change me to the fool I was

Now that I think of it
There's one thing that I haven't thrown away
Of the past, its embodiment
Its entirety, I haven't let go

A letter, a simple letter
A piece of paper written on
By the girl I held dear, once
It holds me back

I must get rid of it
To get far from the past
The question now is this
Should I burn or rip it apart?