Memory lane

I sometimes remember things I shouldn't

A hand in the dark, sinister laughs and my palpable anxiety 

It happens without warning catching me off guard

Knocks the wind out of my sails and sends chills down my back

The evils of the past I shoved into my closet

Redressed them in colors of the sun and pretended all was well

Now rearing their ugly head and whispering wicked words

How do i forget again? 

The wounds I ignored, festered and rotted exuding a strange smell

Inciting images and records of that decade's events

Let sleepiing dogs lie I always said 

The past should remain in the past I reiterated 

Now the ghost of erstwhile haunts my dreams bringing up memories strictly forbidden.