Needing Not A Crystal Ball Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

It matters not who says or does what,
With claims to remember or to have forgotten...
When flashbacks happen to assess.
And time is there to review and reflect,
One steps in the doing with intent and no regret.

It matters not who confesses to profess,
What was right or wrong and with a consciousness.
If honesty deceived and had been in the mix,
The present that is now lived,
Is not going to change any bit of it to reject.

And anyone questioning a future yet to exist,
Need only to look at what interests they've invested.
And if the same activities attracts them to deceive,
One is needing not a crystal ball at all...
To reveal and believe what for them will be received.