Let the Past Go

I'm supposed to

let the past go

It's so hard

It tempers every decision

every knee-jerk reaction

All become suspect

because of one

abuser

So my now, my future

 though innocent

'til proven

guilty

gets blamed

anyway

for shades of meaning

I attach to words

which

are simply

and

exactly

what you say

nothing more

nothing less

But I fear

imaginary hurts

and condemn you

my soul-mate

to be hanged

and me to

live in pain

for I cannot

let the past go