Move Forward Past

I have not ripped up my past and discarded it
Rather, quite naturally, I have outgrown it
As, hopefully, everyone does
Your past is exactly that
Past. A dim memory
That should not
Ever interfere

With what is

           Actually
Here &
Now

                 I cannot recollect how many people I have known 

                 Who did not know how or just could not let go

                 They desperately cling to what once was

                 As if it that was the last best hope

             For a much happier tomorrow

                 Never quite realizing that

                The better tomorrow

                 Was only possible

               Through leaving               

                 Yesterday

                 Behind