Jim Yerman Poet Verse

Only Yesterday

Life moves so very fast…moments with our children and grandchildren do not last
We know it happens but we find it hard to understand…
Where did those moments goes…how time both ebbs and flows
for it seems like only yesterday we held them in our hands.

Then all of a sudden…before we know…somehow…they grow…and grow…
And all at once they are standing up…then walking 
Then as odd as it must sound…we all but turned around
in the next instant they have started talking.

Then once again time flies… because we only blink our eyes
and when we open them our children have turned five
then ten, then twelve, then fifteen…we wonder where the time went in between
and when did they become old enough to drive?

And again we look around…and before us…you have found
something that causes us to groan…
Although it’s easy to conceive..,it’s still hard to believe
they are now adults and living on their own.

Now, with their families they come to visit…and it is exquisite 
how some will travel near…some travel far
and as in the door they wander…you have to stop and ponder
when did our grandchildren become taller than we are?

And our age we’re now dismissing as we sit there reminiscing
telling them stories and trying to make them understand
How time has flown away…because it was only yesterday…
when we were sitting here 
holding them in your hands.

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