Before Ancient Temples Fall

Before ancient temples fall
I just want to say:
You gave it your all--
There was no other way.

It's not that you fell
Out of fashion, out of mode,
It's just that they don't understand
How much you know.

They always think
What is new is what is best
But, for one, I must say
Looking back is the test

Of what is real,
What holds its worth,
And, of course, what is true.
'til one considers this
All else is forgotten, too.




(Liz Ciampa; March, 2016).