The tremendous shadow
That futurity casts
Upon the past
Foreshadows
Things not yet to be
Things still to come
.
To understand the present
You must first understand
The past
Starting at the beginning
It leads up to the now
Foreshadowing futurity
That will soon come to pass
.
Fortune tellers of the past
Predict the future casting bones
Looking through that tangled mess
Trying to find
The safest path
But all they really do
Is speak the lessons of the past