Short Like It Was Yesterday Poems

It was May 14th,
that cold, cold day
I remember it like it was yesterday.
I was really really sad.
Maybe even a little mad.
But I know you can't see.
I hated you forever
the day you broke up with me....

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I awakened to

The sound of the wind

Moaning your name.

My heart ached still,

Filled with the sorrow

Of your demise.

Together the wind and I 

Sang a song of longing...

I cried like it was yesterday.



Cynthia...

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I remember a summer day
how the wind danced across
the waist high grass
and that little creek running 
through the middle

I remember loving sweet
by that little stream
skipping stones in-between
the kisses that grew deep

I remember laying in your arms
on a warm summer day
nothing in our way
like it was yesterday...

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a line in a song I heard sung
music soft and simple
seems like it was yesterday

yesterday, a moment in time
feet firmly on the ground
a night sky with stars

stars, reflecting eyes and heart
blocking what I didn't see
whispers underneath the moon

moon, now full with frosty glow
music in silence it echoes
as I lay alone...

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He's King of the Home
in his high chair and gown,
takin' his feedin's with 
dreams of bein' downtown;

his jazz band was playin'
he'd blow and he'd sway;
he remembers those times
like it was yesterday.

Sneakin' drinks from old Joe,
playin' cards in the back,
goin' upstairs with Lil
so he don't lose the knack!

He's behavin' hisself,
but he ain't forgot tricks
he learned in the mean streets
as King of the Licks!...

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I remember the sheer elation,
just like it was yesterday

Forty years tears of joy removed ... 
Thirty months, same feeling safely deposited
Twenty weeks marked a memory pulse acceleration
Ten days of jubilation thoughts from bald to grey, 
felt like five hourglass Palm turns 
on a dawn, Easter Sunday

Zero minute ticks in the mind,
completes the heart contraction of time ... 
I celebrate not a wasted second...

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He's 'King of the Home'
in his high chair and gown,
taking his feedings with 
dreams of being downtown;

his jazz band was playing
he'd blow and he'd sway;
he remembers those times
like it was yesterday.

Sneaking drinks from old Joe,
playing cards in the back,
going upstairs with Lil
so he don't lose the knack!

He's behaving himself,
but he ain't forgot tricks
he learned in the mean streets
as 'King of the Sticks!'...

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He's 'King of the Home'
in his high chair and gown,
takin' his feedin's with 
dreams of bein' downtown;

his jazz band was playin'
he'd blow and he'd sway;
he remembers those times
like it was yesterday.

Sneakin' drinks from old Joe,
playin' cards in the back,
goin' upstairs with Lil
so he don't lose the knack!

He's behavin' hisself,
but he ain't forgot tricks
he learned in the mean streets
as 'King of the Sticks.'...

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Times I see your picture
Like it was yesterday
Things just stay the same
Between you and I
Long gone from where we started
Still take my breath away
Just staring at your picture
Just like it was just the other day
The table all set
Drinks are out
Candle lights are lit
Shining beautifully against your skin
The old picture book bringing memories out
Sitting at an empty dinner table
Alone and drinking 
Just staring into you...

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It was a sunny day,
i remember going to a bay.
Holding my fathers hand ,
i remember walking in the sand.
I remember the day,
like it was yesterday. 
But never would that memory 
be true again.
coz i have come 
too far away.
leaving the tender 
relations far behind.
In order to achieve success.
Now successful 
i turn back .
only to find no one to share my success,
I ran after success,
without knowing that the greatest
success is having some one close by....

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Remember the times 
We used to hang out at that club in the city
The music was hot
Drinks were cheap
The chicks were there
The bar was crowded
But there was always room for us
And all the waitresses knew us.

Everybody’s gone now
But don’t tell anyone
I still get shivers remembering the times we had
Like it was yesterday
Standing shoulder to shoulder
Drinking
Laughing
Buddies forever
When the door to the old club 
Was wide open
Waiting for us to walk in....

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He's King of the Home
in his high chair and gown,
taking his feedings with 
dreams of being' downtown;

his jazz band was playing'
he'd blow and he'd sway;
he remembers those times
like it was yesterday.

Sneaking drinks from old Joe,
playing cards in the back,
going upstairs with Lil
so he don't lose the knack!

He's behaving himself,
but he ain't forgot tricks
he learned in the mean streets
as King of the Sticks.

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...for all the old jazzmen...

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