Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

by Jaclyn 

Yesterday,

Tender pursuits 

Ordered 

by shortened expression

And personal amusement.

Pleasure was channeled

by uncanny imagination.

Ignorance was developed

with years

 of sheltered nurture.

Endeavors were focused 

Through heartened dreams

Waiting eternities to age.

Today, 

Life is starved of dignity,

Lead by the breath of  of humanity,

And trailed by my past.

Kindness overshadowed

by needless mockery.

Confidence diminished

Through thoughtless faults.

Purity saturated 

with uncertain willingness.

Competence choked 

from the flairs of society.

Tomorrow,

Independence is a necessity

Steered by Today,

Speckled by yesterday.

Motivation should dictate

my verdicts, 

And challenge perils.

Agonies lifted 

Through consanguinity

Virtue grown 

Only through praise

From the satisfaction of many.

Yesterday, today, tomorrow

Immersed in today

Is the root of my future.