The Past.

Today as I was waiting for my bus I let my mind wander,
as much of us do from time to time.

My mind was a time machine that took me from the present and to the past.
As I remembered all the things I once did, and who I once was I understood something I had neglected before.

All these years I've tried to forget the past.
I've tried to erase it.
I've gotten down on my knees and scrubbed my mind with a toothbrush.
Into the deepest cracks. But that never wiped away all the memories.

This morning as I finally let the gates fly open and the memories come, I knew that we all have something we wish we could forget.
You see as humans we do three things.
Live in the Present. Hope towards the future, and try to forget the past.
And in life none of us can ever really forget.
We will always remember.

but its not even about forgetting.
Its about living with it now. No matter who we once were, or what we did, we can't let that effect who we are now.
We must simply live, and keep moving on.

and always remember, the past was once the future to all.