Filipendulous

[sankofa]

Sankofa

(N.) (phrase) "go back and fetch it"; we must look back to the past so that we may understand how we became what we are, and move forward to a better future.

<Origin: African>

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I can't go back

to who I was then

because no one can truly go back.

only those stopping by

can get a peek

catch a glimpse

of what was.

the past is important

a foundation

for what is built today

a new layer to a skyscraper

a lesson learned

and set in stone.

had I not

acquired the foundation I did

how am I to be certain

that this building I have constructed

through years and years of work

would still be standing

even to this day?