Teach you--
Past customs,
Struggles,
Leaders and thinkers.
Let
These
Help you.
Let them inspire you,
Warn you,
Give you strength.
But beware:
God is change.
Past is past.
What was
Cannot
Come again.
To survive,
Know the past.
Let it touch you.
Then let
The past
Go.
Source
From "Earthseed: The Book of the Living," by Lauren Oya Olamina, a fictional poet created by Octavia E. Butler for her 1998 novel, Parable of the Talents. Warner Books
This quotation is one of over 200 Archaeological Quotations.
