THE GOOD OLD DAYS

You look back on history
and see the good old days
a glorious past you’d hope to revisit
a time of less complexity
of greater simplicity.
You look upon the past
and imagine satisfaction.

The past
looks ahead to us
and sees hope.
The people living there
imagine a world of possibility
and try to reach us as soon as they can.

They strive to become us
to voyage among our marvelous spires
our eclectic chances
our alchemical jetpacks.

We look back at their gorgeous green grass
while they seek stratagems
to curb our dependence on Big Nature.
They work
every day
to escape the good old days
and arrive somewhere better.

Someday,
we all dream
of a return to Eden
but all Eve wanted
was one taste
of freedom.