Whatever That Is Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Whatever it was,
To remain as is.
At least it stays unchanged.
And agreed upon,
By those accepting...
Progress is being made.
Whatever that is,
That remains as it was.
For those with kept needs,
To believe...
A repeating of history,
Qualifies success by taking...
A recycling of steps,
That will impress...
Ancestors gone that have long left,
Whatever that was to keep protected...
A way of life,
Leaving many attempting to relive...
Whatever that was.
And for whoever it is,
Remaining to live to make claims...
How good times use to be to reminisce them.
With wishes to stop,
The ticking and the tock of a clock.
Blocking any and all forward movement.