CONFRONTATION

                “Why are you going back there?” Adam asked.

                “Because it’s in me,” Ryan answered.  “I’ve ignored it, and it’s stayed.  Maybe if I write it, it will release and let me be.  It doesn’t bother me.  It doesn’t haunt me.  It’s just there, but I want space for better memories, not these.

                Sometimes you have to hold your demons in the light and see them for what they are.”

                “And what are they?”

                “Nothing…nothing but a bad memory that returns because you refuse to look it straight in the eye and see there’s nothing to it but our own fear emboldened in avoidance.”

                “Then what happens?”

                “It dies.  The demon needs our shadows and shelters in shame, sadness…our second-guesses; but put it in the light—keep it there and let it burn without chance for cover—and maybe you can kill it.”

                “Does it work?”

                “I don’t know.  It’s the first time I’ve went back to stare them face-to-face; but I can feel them burn.” 

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