refer the past
thereto
nor lend it one tomorrow.
allow the mirror
a glance
but deem it shallow.
know all through truer aperature
than yesterday.
a deeper view
is granted to the soul
perchance by sorrow.

rise up at last
to do
what yesterday left fallow.
bow not to fear or
lesser circumstance.
reflections born in mind mature
as seed someday
its aptitude
unfurls revealing holy
provenance.