Haunted

Ever have something in your life that burned itself deep into your being. Something that you wanted to forget. Something that caused joy and pain. A moment you breathed in and had the breath sucked out of your lungs. You see it all through the day. It haunts your dreams. Watches your every move. Knows your thoughts. A terrible secret that everyone knows. Some phantom of thought. Simply watching a movie brings all the joy and pain back. I see it in the faces of all I meet. I hear it in the wind. I feel it when it rains. It burns me when the sun shines. It tears at me in my art. Making me starve for the ability to forget. The truth is all I want. I want it to be told. Someday I hope to be....