Don't Let Them Win!

Don't let past hurts and problems
Hold you back and haunt you.
No matter who or what they were,
Don't let them win or damage you.

Some things are hard to get over--
I've been where you are.
You think you're past it,
Then some little thing opens a scar.

Try not to dwell on those things,
That's not easy to do.
Because it hurts you, not them--
Whatever happened, that's not you.

They will hurt others
Without a thought or a care.
Since you've been through it,
You have empathy and treat people fair.

Don't let them win--
They can damage your life.
I'd better stop writing,
And heed my own advice.