how am I going to move beyond all this past?

this all consuming past that still has its claws in me so tight.

the echoes of it all still torture me in the night

I need to move on if I ever hope to have a life beyond the abuse and pain. I need to move on if I ever hope to have a life worth living. I need to move on if I ever hope to be the person I want to be.

this is what's holding me back. this pain and my not letting it go