Shadows

There are things that happen to us in our past, things that find their way into your present, no matter how you try to hide from them. I have spent years trying to stay away from the past... things I never thought I would have to face, things that are leaking into my path like haunting shadow, overwhelming me. I cant face them, I cant grasp them, and that makes me hate them even more. And as that hate spreads as the shadow looms larger... How do I escape the shadow? Something that I am scared of... something I am ashamed of... I need to hide... But I need to hide in the light, where the shadows cant overwhelm me.