- Like Yesterday
Waiting,dbsanders
It’s been six months since you went away
Today it seems like yesterday
And yesterday seemed like yesterday
Six months it’s been
Since you went away
I use to tell myself you’d
Be back someday
And every yesterday reminds me
You are gone to stay
For now you’ve gone too far away
Would it be easier if you had left me
Because you wanted to
I think it would be
At least then
I would have the hope one day to see you
But you didn’t want to leave and
You struggle so hard
To let me know
The last thing on this earth you wanted
Was to let go
I’ll never forget as you lay on your finale bed
How still so feebly you would kiss my lips
Telling me
With words unspoken
Our vow of life remains unbroken
But I try so hard to really believe
You’re not gone
Just on leave
Seven twenty eight on a Sunday
I started to grieve
And still it seems like yesterday
© 2012, Dan Sanders. All rights reserved.
I made it through college, started at Pace in New York, family seemed to think I needed a business degree. I didn't last long, two double periods of accounting a week and I was off to N.Y. U. To make a long story short ( too late for that) I graduated from UCLA and actually, my biggest kick out of that is just saying, especially here on the east coast UCLA, but I could care less, been in Boston since 1975, though I was coming for a year or so. A very good friend at the time, she said to me "Dan you'll never leave Boston" so dear Florida “Sun Spot Baby" you're down there, been in and out of radio, TV, acting and that's me in a nut shell.
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Beautiful Dan!
“With words unspoken
Our vow of life remains unbroken
But I try so hard to really believe
You’re not gone
Just on leave”
This expresses a true and enduring love. You are lucky to feel it, and I am fortunate to read of it.
Thank you,
Larry
Larry Conley recently posted..A Republic If We Can Keep It: Prologue
Larry,
Thank you. I always feel that I haven’t reached deep enough into my soul to really express whats in there. But when someone like you feels something from it, then I think maybe I did. I honor you opinions because I have also read you.
Dan Sanders recently posted..Like Yesterday
Dan, this is a beautiful ode to the love of your life. You are like a lighthouse of love for Jennifer. Any time we lose someone, it is always too soon but especially true for a love like this. Inspirational writing!
Cher Duncombe recently posted..The Reverend Santorum’s Truth Impairment
Cher I have often thought, and do believe that granted a thousands years or more, I would always want at least one more day. I imagine folks may be getting a little weary of me bemoaning. So I thank you and all that have, for understanding and actually I sense, ” You Like Me…”
Dan Sanders recently posted..Like Yesterday
We do like you, Dan!
More than that, we empathize with you. And truly, isn’t that one of the beautiful aspects of poetry, allowing an artistic outlet? If the only things poets wrote about were sunshine and roses, it would be…boring. Think of the Classics and the lovelorn who wrote wonderful poems and sonnets for the ages. So cling to your love. She will never be far from you and in a way, these poems are tethers with forever bonds.
Cher Duncombe recently posted..The Reverend Santorum’s Truth Impairment
Cher thank you again. But am I suppose to believe someone who says shes on the other side of 50 and looks on the front side of 30
Dan Sanders recently posted..Like Yesterday
Dan, please don’t tell people I paid you to say that! But…you made my day.
Cher Duncombe recently posted..The Reverend Santorum’s Truth Impairment
If you paid me then the check must be in the mail . Because I haven’t seen any money
Dan Sanders recently posted..Like Yesterday
Dan, as my GPS says when I make a different turn, “Recalculating!”
Cher Duncombe recently posted..The Reverend Santorum’s Truth Impairment
Did you mean recalculating check amount the amount we agreed on,” zero” is fine.
Dan Sanders recently posted..Like Yesterday
Dan, this is so lovely it made me cry. It’s also very beautiful and heartfelt, and I’m glad that you’re sharing your feelings with people who love and respect you. You take as long as you need. I think this is my favorite of your poems.
Melody Haislip recently posted..Diminishing Returns
Melody, thank you but compared to poetry I feel like a rookie.
Dan Sanders recently posted..Like Yesterday
Melody that should have read compared to YOUR poetry I feel like a rookie.
Dan Sanders recently posted..Like Yesterday