Disagreements Between Past, Present, & Future

the past greets the present with an opened right hand, awaiting a forceful shake. / people watch as history becomes the future, repeating what has already happened. / it has always been destined. / the universe is a series of repetitions. / playing the same game with the same winning hand every time. / many see the possibility of the future moving forward, away from the ignorant past. / while some are trying to push back on evolution to go back to the unknowing past. / where people were judged by their gender, race, religion and much more. / those people were stuck living in boxes and were outright ignored. / the boxes have slowly begun to be erased over the last fifty years. / many see the value in continuing to erase the four connected lines until there's no more in sight. / while some are scared of what the world would look like if there's nothing to check. / as a society we're on the precipice and we're divided / we can either ask the universe to play a new game to leave the past where it belongs. / or continue to play the game we're terrible at / we know more now than ever before in human history. / should we continue to greet the past so gracefully? / is it because we're only now beginning to fully comprehend the ramifications of past generations? / we're understanding the need to keep moving forward. / whereas those who ignore the dark side of history are the ones who are pushing to go back. / do they not understand or are they choosing not to keep track? / the new game we would play would have it's own set of rules. / we could have a better chance at making things right. / to finally learn the lessons from the poor mistakes our ancestors' made. / working through our country's history / so that the next time the past goes to greet the present, there will be no opened right hand / there won't be anyone present to allowing the past to come back. / history's destiny has been done. / it's time to move forward. / it's time to create a new destiny.