Living with the past

What goes around does come back
To haunt the mind and soul
What once was thought just memory
Becomes todays reality

A lie that left the lips last year
Can trip the foot tomorrow
An old abuse from childhood dreams
Can ruin chances of the heart

Try real hard to forget the past
And one day it will come back to roost
But, face the past with honesty
And then it might just be in check

I hear those tapes run in my mind
The songs of sad report
Now I let them run full length
And listen for the lies inside

Instead of hiding those sad tunes
I place them in perspective
And take the times when I survived
And build upon that strength