Slaughtering Memories

Tell me how to slaughter memories
Because I’m more scared of them
Than ghosts, monsters and terrorists
They have a way of creeping up on you
Like a shadow you can never escape
Just when you thought you fled the past
It comes, sudden and unannounced,
To make your heartbeat stagger and quiver
Sometimes all it takes is a familiar sight
Of mountains and sunsets and cobbled walks
To undo all those years spent on letting go