it's funny what comes out of silly school assignments..

Creatures of the past,

sometimes haunting, sometimes daunting

Sometimes acrimonious words, reheard countless times in relentless memories

Sometimes life altering events and phone calls that changed it all,

times of consternation and disbelief

sometimes ignoble actions of the once loved but forgotten,

although never completely absent,

unable to escape the unyielding grip of the memory

Sometimes periods of time seeping with odium,

contempt and hatred laced deep within each moment remembered

Sometimes memories that bring forward fresh waves of regret whenever thought back on

and although attempts made at disavowing them are often made,the memory won't allow them to be disclaimed

For we are people that are susceptibile to these creatures of the past,

the creatures that haunt us

On the outside, a flawless and unhurt facade

giving a dispassionate appearance,

but memories so full of pain and remorse replay in the mind

Happiness and precious time interrupted and dissipated by memories not soon forgotten

Some memories, you wish to alter, but the mind won't allow that

the truth of the moment forever engrained in your memory

for you can impugn a memory, but the truest and darkest truths will always prevail within the depths of your mind and these creatures of the past will never cease to exist