Looking Behind Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

A looking behind to find one's future.
May be more productive,
For those who are looking ahead.
Not to have learned anything of benefit,
From a past to have lived.
Without paying attention.
To what was then had for them,
More relevance and substance...
That today is all but ignored.
To perceive,
A future with ignorance...
And an absence of awareness,
Will achieve success to receive and get.
To expect by those today beset by conflict.
Confusion and division relived and envisioned.