Always Yesterday

 

I saw you yesterday,
only for the briefest moment;
when you thought nobody was watching.
Your smile slipped and your shoulders drooped;
it was only the briefest moment,
when you thought nobody was watching.

 

I saw you yesterday.
You flinched when we embraced;
you thought I would not notice,
when you quickly pulled away.

 

The last time I saw you,
 we tenderly embraced.
A pungent sourness invaded my nostrils;
I gagged..and hoped you did not notice.

 

Now as I look upon your face,
fixed forever in a grimace.
Belly swollen.
Lifeless, empty.
I hope you did not notice.

 

To me; it is always, only yesterday.

 

© 2018 Taylor Crowshaw