Last Yesterdays

 

Scars from 18 years ago

 

mark your shoes.

 

The lost yesterdays

 

sing tunes –

 

you’ve forgotten the words.

 

 

 

Dirt devils skip down

 

that sidewalk you once walked.

 

A penny looks up from the dirt —

 

1973.

 

 

 

I found you there lost in the tomorrows

 

you had not yet dreamed.

 

Looking at today through eyes

 

of youth

 

and age.

 

One thought on “Last Yesterdays

  1. I found this poem compelling, for reasons I can’t quite articulate — I think it resonated with me because I’ve lost entirely too many people in the last couple of years, during which time my children have moved on to college and career which has been bittersweet. Something about the tone of this poem fits with all of that, in a deeply emotive way.

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