The Past A Foundation

The Past - A Foundation To Build On

I wish not to forget the past, rather to grow the present

to open the gifts growing today, rooted in the past 

yet nourished now and blossoming tomorrow

I wish to build on the memories, not to live in them

to return and visit as I acclimate to this new life

- find an anchor there as I push new boundaries

as I stretch my self and find fresh spaces to explore

as I make new memories - enfolding the old until

peering from new horizons, past seems to shrink

only seems to shrink into the distance

an illusion of diminishment, while

its impact remains forever

melding with gifts of generations gone before

weaving through multiple memories long forgotten

forming a strong foundation for any wonder yet to come

JoMae

9/1/19