Li-Young Lee-past guidance

To be honored
Finding the past
As if one were not but his self,
But that of the past,
That of whom we must find

One’s identity is buried,
Buried beneath thousands of years
Traced back to wars and trifles
Found only in the core of those,
Those whom want to discover

For guidance into the future
The past must be called upon
To tell the tales of historic mistakes
And mark the new comings

One must understand that the past is present
And present, past
History will repeat
Those who are not knowledgeable
Are doomed to suffer,
The inferior times of yore

For now, let us be
We shall discover our own
When we desire help we will seek
That of which we yearn for
That of which will aid
Us in our journey into the future