Past

Each of us has our past. Haven't we all heard this before: "The past is gone. Tomorrow is unknown. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the Present."? It is all very well to say "Forget the past and live for the moment" but it is undeniable that the past is linked to the future through the present. The past is what shapes the present. In time to come, the present will become the past and the future the present. It is because of what we've gone through that we are who we are now. One can try to erase memories, change identity, change personality but he can never shake off the past. He can love it; he can hate it but his past is a shadow that'll follow him wherever he goes.

The ghosts of the past haunt me.