"IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY"
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IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY
WHEN I PEERED INTO MY MIRROR
AND SAW A YOUNGSTER THERE,
ALL ENERGETIC AND BURSTING
WITH THE FIRE OF LIFE�
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IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY
WHEN I STOOD BY MY
MOTHERS SIDE
AND WATCHED HER BUSY HANDS
IN A HARD DAYS WORK,
NEVER MINDING TO STOP
WHILE THE KIDS WERE
IDLY AT PLAY�
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FUNNY HOW THE AGING OF TIMES
SWEEPS BY AND TAKES US
BLINDLY FROM ONE MOMENT OF PLAY
CHANGING QUICKLY
INTO A TIMECLOCK�
FROM CHILD TO ADULT,
AND THEN OLDAGE,
WHAT COMES NEXT IS NOTHING TO SAY�
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THE ONCE SUN GLOSSED HAIR
BECOMES A WASHED OUT STARE,
LEAVING THE SIGNS
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IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY
ALL THE JOYS AND CARES
WERE AT A FINGERS TOUCH,
NEVER REALIZING THE STOLEN CLUTCH�
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SAGGING EYES AND
LOWERED JAW, THE AGE OLD WOMAN WONDERS
WHERE THE CHILD HAS GONE�
I JUST SAW HER A MOMENT AGO,
RUNNING DOWN HILL
AND JUMPING AT THE SUN FILLED SKY,
NEVER CARING OR WONDERING WHY�
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I ONLY CLOSED MY EYES
FOR A MOMENT TO REST,
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN,
IT MUST BE A TEST?
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IF ONLY I HAD NOT STOPPED
TO DABBLE MY TOES
IN THE POND;
AND TO CHASE THE GEESE
IN FLIGHT,
I MAY HAVE TAKEN TOO MUCH
TIME TO CATCH A DRINK
FROM THE SPRING �
IT WAS ONLY JUST
A MOMENT I THINK�
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OH YES, I PAUSED TO WATCH
A BIRD HATCH FROM ITS BROKEN EGG;
IT SEEMED SUCH A SHORT
LITTLE GAZE�
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BUT THE JOY I FELT AT THE
SEED OF LIFE
WAS SUCH A BLESSING IN ITS SIGHT�
IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY
WHEN THE DOCTOR CAME,
BRINGING WITH HIM A HEARTACHES PAIN�
A CHILD SO FAIR
WITH A MOMENT TO SPARE,
AND BRINGING FORTH THE GIFT OF LIFE.
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OH THE GREATNESS OF IT ALL
SEEMS NO WASTE AT ALL;
IF ONLY YESTERDAY WERE HERE�
�By
Marsha Cleveland
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