It's heartbreaking to see the false dichotomy of forwards only, never backwards sold to the masses by perhaps the government. And the masses continue on a journey that has no end and continue to make efforts in futility.
It's a nice poem you've written with a lot of useful messages to pass across.
We live in a world of polarization - left and right, up and down, back and forward. We know there are other options, but we act like there are not.