{"id":3968,"date":"2020-01-05T07:10:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T11:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lineriderpress.com\/headlinepoetry\/?p=3968"},"modified":"2020-01-03T13:11:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T17:11:26","slug":"to-tomorrow-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lineriderpress.com\/headlinepoetry\/2020\/01\/05\/to-tomorrow-together\/","title":{"rendered":"To Tomorrow, Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>To tomorrow, together<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hindsight is 20\/20<br \/>\nis what we\u2019d been told<br \/>\nwhen I was growing up.<\/p>\n<p>That we shouldn\u2019t look<br \/>\nbackwards seemed to be<br \/>\nthe implied suggestion;<\/p>\n<p>that forwards is hopeful,<br \/>\n&amp; to look behind weakness<br \/>\nor silliness, history deemed<\/p>\n<p>to be of little value to us,<br \/>\nmore an impediment to progress.<br \/>\nNo one said as much aloud,<\/p>\n<p>it was always more a given<br \/>\nthan anything proper, surfaces<br \/>\ncleared in passing to be clean.<\/p>\n<p>We demand a presentism that<br \/>\noccludes injustices &amp; structures<br \/>\nto focus on partial individuality,<\/p>\n<p>buying us enough time to hide,<br \/>\ndestroy, &amp; eliminate stairs ancestors<br \/>\nused to climb to bedrooms, safely<\/p>\n<p>ensconced in brick buildings.<br \/>\nSo let us look back with joy &amp; sorrow<br \/>\nin equal measure, we need the past<\/p>\n<p>as we need tomorrow\u2019s tomorrow<br \/>\n&amp; all the people we\u2019ve lost as well as those<br \/>\ngained in our joy, we celebrate together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">Photo by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@dizzyd718?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Drew Graham<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/telescope?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To tomorrow, together &nbsp; Hindsight is 20\/20 is what we\u2019d been told when I was growing up. 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