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Oh, Go Away Yesterday

As past words ring, lost in hollow emotions,
I find each thought in my head but commotion
like the endless roar of the waves in the ocean.
                    OH, go away yesterday.

Moments that pass leave me lost and breathless,
through sleepless nights, my mind muddled and restless,
I pray for the end, yet I am left deathless.
                    OH, go away yesterday.

With ages past and resolve that's been shaken,
my all I have given and all you have taken
but now you have left me forlorn and forsaken.
                    OH, go away yesterday.

To the future I gaze in search of my destiny,
as time passes slow and I walk through gethsemane,
these retrospect eyes leave me dark as ebony.
                    OH, go away yesterday.


04/03/2018

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Lindsay Laurie Date: 2/21/2022 3:56:00 PM Hello James ... truly poetic indeed. What more can I write - thanks James - Lindsay Login to Reply James Inman Date: 2/23/2022 6:19:00 PM Thanks for the visit and the lovely comment.

Susan Jeavons Date: 5/8/2019 11:51:00 AM I really enjoyed this poem James. I think we'd all like some of our yesterdays to go away, but then again, we want to keep some of those memories. Blessings, Susan Login to Reply James Inman Date: 5/8/2019 1:59:00 PM I agree Susan, I have many beautiful memories. Thank you for your kind comment.

Jesse Rowe Date: 9/23/2018 10:32:00 AM Just finding this. Such a wonderful poem. I really liked the repeated line. Though yesterday is already gone.. they can find a way to linger with us. Login to Reply James Inman Date: 9/24/2018 1:09:00 AM Thank you Jesse. The repeated line was offered as part of one of Broken Wing's (Dear Heart) contests. There were several but this one brought immediate thoughts to my mind and that type of inspiration is why I often write for contests, sometimes without even entering them.

J.W. Earnings Date: 8/17/2018 5:35:00 AM A very relatable poem and very marvelously made! -JWE Login to Reply James Inman Date: 8/17/2018 9:41:00 AM Thanks JW.

Carole Duet Date: 6/14/2018 2:00:00 PM P.S. I re-read this one too and just wanted to let you know that I FAVED it. It is so...great! Login to Reply James Inman Date: 6/14/2018 3:02:00 PM A second lovely comment and again it seems I missed your earlier one. Please forgive my oversight Carole. It was unintentional. Thank you.

Line Gauthier Date: 6/2/2018 6:11:00 PM Congrats, James, on your gold medal win. Login to Reply James Inman Date: 6/2/2018 6:14:00 PM Thank you Line.

Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 6/1/2018 5:49:00 PM Hello James, yes that is how i feel about yesterday sometimes. Have a nice evening my frind. Login to Reply James Inman Date: 6/1/2018 5:54:00 PM Thank you Darlene.

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 5/30/2018 9:14:00 PM often we feel like the past is a hindrance to our happiness. We ought to look forward in that case, I love the rhythmic feel to this. gl in the contest Login to Reply James Inman Date: 5/30/2018 9:23:00 PM Hi, thank you for your visit and your lovely comment.

Janis Medders Tobechi Date: 5/26/2018 4:49:00 PM We all have felt this way one time or another. Great emotions and a great write. Good luck in the contest. Login to Reply James Inman Date: 5/26/2018 8:26:00 PM Thank you for the kind words.

Maria Williams Date: 5/22/2018 6:36:00 AM I see from the comments below that this excellent poem won in the contest. I'm not surprised . I love the refrain, emphasizes the point of yesterday still haunting today. Congratulations James....Maria hugs Login to Reply James Inman Date: 5/22/2018 6:56:00 PM The poem was built around the refrain that was given by Broken Wings. She let you choose from several in the contest. It spoke to me. Thank you Maria.

Paul Callus Date: 5/20/2018 1:05:00 PM Yours is a very expressive poem, James. Our yesterdays often come back to haunt us. I like the connection between 'forlorn and forsaken' and 'gethsemane'. Regards // paul Login to Reply James Inman Date: 5/20/2018 3:00:00 PM Yes Paul, a bit of a religious reference, not specifically about the betrayal of Christ and how he was forsaken by his apostles but about the betrayal of our past and how we at times feel forsaken by life, notice the lower case g in gethsemane. I very much appreciate that you noticed that, I didn't think anyone would. Thanks for the wonderful comment.

Leanne Lovejoy-Burton Date: 5/19/2018 5:53:00 PM Elegantly articulated James. I particularly love the last 4 lines of your poem. Login to Reply James Inman Date: 5/19/2018 7:53:00 PM Leanne, thank you for your lovely visit and kind words.

Faraz Ajmal Date: 5/19/2018 3:27:00 PM Oh it s a great write James, really enjoyed reading this, congrats on your wonderful win, it is indeed a beauty Login to Reply James Inman Date: 5/19/2018 4:37:00 PM Thank you Faraz.

Joseph May Date: 5/19/2018 2:00:00 PM Very nicely written James, Congrats on your win Login to Reply James Inman Date: 5/19/2018 3:06:00 PM Thanks Joseph

Laura Breidenthal Date: 5/18/2018 2:40:00 PM Exemplary rhyming throughout - love the line "I pray for the end, yet I am left deathless." -what a line! I also like, "my all I have given and all you have taken" - a powerfully emotive mourning of the heart. Yesterdays musn't take control of our minds, because we cannot control the past. It's easy to find ourselves looking back, but sometimes it can serve as a distraction to not move forward - at least in my experience. Congrats on your win by the way in the contest. (: Always, Laura Login to Reply James Inman Date: 5/18/2018 3:47:00 PM Hi Laura, so little time of late, thank you for sharing yours for a visit. For me forward and backward often seem to have little meaning, my life seems to be a multitude of Borromean Rings, there are so many to follow but as you follow each one it always leads you back to the beginning.

Robert Lindley Date: 5/18/2018 5:04:00 AM "" With ages past and resolve that's been shaken, my all I have given and all you have taken but now you have left me forlorn and forsaken. OH, go away yesterday. "" ^^ Solid gold my friend. A fav...... Login to Reply James Inman Date: 5/18/2018 3:33:00 PM Robert, your kind comments overwhelm me, thank you.

Chris Hagy Date: 5/17/2018 3:53:00 PM Great write James, love the rhyme flow :)...I have one of those yesterdays I would prefer to go away... Login to Reply James Inman Date: 5/17/2018 4:13:00 PM So sorry to hear that Chris, but worse, I don't think they ever will, at least not for me. Thank you.

Pandita Sietesantos Date: 5/16/2018 2:01:00 PM Congratulations on your win, my friend! The excellent quality of this piece, imagery, and smooth-flowing rhymes all tell me why it's a winner! Love it! Hugs. Pandita Login to Reply James Inman Date: 5/16/2018 2:08:00 PM Thank you Pandita, I enjoyed yours as well.

Constance La France Date: 5/15/2018 2:26:00 PM James, congratulations on your win in my contest with this beautifully penned poem, I loved it, well done~ Login to Reply James Inman Date: 5/16/2018 2:07:00 PM I left a response to your comment BW, and someone seems to have taken it : ). Don't know where it went. Annnyyywayyy, thank you for your wonderful comment, and for hosting another great contest.

Richard Lamoureux Date: 5/15/2018 8:27:00 AM A pleasure to read your winning poem. Congrats on a fine win. Login to Reply James Inman Date: 5/15/2018 8:37:00 AM Thank you Richard.

Susan Gentry Date: 5/14/2018 3:46:00 PM Congratulations on your win with this sad but realistic look at what was and what is. An emotional poem. Login to Reply James Inman Date: 5/14/2018 4:36:00 PM Hi Susan, thank you for your nice comment.

Curtis Moorman Date: 5/14/2018 2:29:00 PM Congratulations on such a fine win, James. I enjoyed reading it and fully see why it was chosen. Login to Reply James Inman Date: 5/14/2018 4:35:00 PM Thank you Curtis

Carole Duet Date: 5/4/2018 9:10:00 PM A poem full of feeling and sadness which I can feel as I read it again. Good luck in the contest, James. Login to Reply