Letting Go

Its been a few years now and yet sometimes my dreams reflect the bruises left by my past. I've gone through the steps; denial, hurt, anger, understanding, forgiveness.. yet why am I tormented by dreams of the past? You never forget the things that makes you who you are, you carry the experiences with you forever dictating your life by what you've learned from them. I hope that I take away from my experiences, empathy and mercy. From what it stole I have now retrieved. If I could completely let go of the faded memories that create tattered responses to a long ago cause maybe I could move on with my life... Even though I still have the remnants of a bad experience the baggage has significantly decreased. The child harboring hurt until it imploded has now been replaces by a woman not afraid to speak up and give a voice to the past. I am not afraid to speak up, walk away, and live my life.