I have been hurt <br />men treated me like dirt <br />i was cheated on, used <br />lied to and abused <br /> <br />but i know my past is my past <br />i look for something that will last <br />the future is what i see <br />this is how it has to be <br /> <br />with everything that has happened to me <br />you would think that love would make me flee <br />but i will tell you a secret <br />if i live in the past, my future will be nothing but regret <br /> <br />you say tell me more i dont understand <br />so i look at you and tell you to take my hand <br />if the future is not what i can see <br />all of the bad in my past will swallow me <br /> <br />if i mark you down as the rest <br />ill never know if you are the best <br />if i penalize you for all they have done <br />it would be your love that id shun <br /> <br />if i did this happiness would be unknown <br />my heart would never find a home <br />if i lived in my past, i would be afraid of you <br />then id never know if our love could be true<br /><br />rebecca hyer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/let-the-past-be-the-past/
