I have to say this poem has such a true words and true meanings.
I feel as though a lot of kids these days are not thinking about the future and where their lives will lead them to.
I love how you have expressed that they ignore their future by kicking up the shadows and leaving dusty footprints. I mean there must be so many footprints there!!!
The last stanza is so very true. It is not until you reach the future do you realise that your decisions in the past define who you become.
It made me think of my own life. For once I feel like I should have listened to my parents when they kept telling me "Save your Money"
Now I look back and am like oh geez they were right!!!