If I take the sum
Of my yesterdays,
Will it gage the success
of my day today?
Or does today
Stand on it's own,
Depending on
Present actions alone?
I think it can go
Either way.
Consider 'now' as
A piece of clay.
I can make it unique;
One of a kind,
Sculpting it into
A special design,
Or push it inside of
A mold from the past,
A copy of previous molds
That were cast.
Now, if yesterday's molds
Were solid and strong,
Proven and perfect,
I cannot go wrong,
By building the present
On things that have been;
By using old patterns
Again and again.
But, if yesterday's molds
Were brittle and worn,
Filled with mistakes,
And easily torn,
Then I'd be a fool
To mold my 'today',
Into the sorrows
I knew yesterday.
