Maturing Past

Sometimes we hang onto things because we have nothing else
We hold onto the past, keeping it alive as our present,
because it is all we know
and at the very least,
it is something we can count on.
We know what to expect from it
and even if the past we know, is not a particularly enthralling one,
it is a comfort to know we have something.

At some point, it becomes overwhelmingly apparent
that the past we've grown accustomed to,
no longer appeases
and at this juncture,
it is more than obvious,
that we must mature beyond our past
and flourish into the future.