Robert Johnson Poet Lyric

Only Yesterday

Logging in to view the past.
Fashions and feelings that just couldn't last.
I just smile, what can I say.
Things have changed from only yesterday.

Reflections are skewed depending on who viewed.
Some support you, some, you're just screwed.
What can I say, I just smile.
Just another day, a little longer than a while.

Days and decades, they run together.
What matters depends on the whether.
You can't blame the past for what's today.
Good or bad, it was only yesterday.

When you've survived what you've derived.
It's not always because what you've contrived.
Somethings stray and somethings stay.
Tomorrow's come and gone, it was only yesterday.

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Debra Squyres August 26, 2014 at 11:54 AM What jumped out to me was the line..."What matters depends on the whether." ... Whether we do or don't, agree or disagree, stand still or move, take hold or release....etc... the list is endless. You have truly made this mind think outside the box here.... may be a poem for me in this... lol Thanks. Excellent thoughts and some fine writing to boot !!

Robert Lindley July 26, 2014 at 10:20 PM An amazing insight into life, the past and the future! We that have survived a terrible ordeal and were blessed to have come out stronger know just how true your words ring!!!

Phyllis Babcock July 19, 2014 at 4:01 PM They say you cannot bring back the past but we can look at the future and live for today. We cannot bring back a yesterday. Nicely said. love phyl

Andrea Dietrich July 18, 2014 at 5:37 PM Hi, Robert. My mind immediately went to the Beatles song! I love it so much. And I love the feelings you are expressing here. We cannot recapture our yesterdays, not the way we would really like to, so we just have to let them go!!

Jack Horne July 18, 2014 at 2:30 PM loved this thoughtful piece, my friend

Ilene Bauer July 16, 2014 at 5:11 PM very interesting, robert! there's a lot of wisdom in your words and i very much enjoyed this poem...

Tim Smith July 16, 2014 at 4:32 PM Let bygones be bygones and live each day to the fullest...Tim Robert Johnson July 22, 2014 at 5:43 PM Touche. :)

Arlene Smith July 16, 2014 at 9:12 AM Very wise words penned, Robert my friend! Fantastic write! Hugs.. Arlene