Why Update An Outdatedness? Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Why updat an outdatedness?
What gains are made with rehashed wastefulness?
Extending a tiredness with renovations done...
Reveals a sameness when a peeling that's begun!

Why lick a wound when a healing is prevented?
What incentive is there to let the air clear?
Folks say they forgive but bind themselves with reminders.
Finding time to rewind minds to recall...
What happened when and who did that then.
Not to one but to all!

Initiating a cycle with a 'freshened' beginning...
That never quite ends.
As long as someone is there,
To drag along old times...
As if to leave them where they are,
Would destined everyone to relive sins...
Over and over and over again!