The Imminence of Yesterday

The imminence of yesterday

Is ever-present where the Now

Teases our touch with gold and gray

And tests us with Time’s here and how

The spigot from whence moments drip

Rouses a hunger in our core

To realize how quick they slip

From fingertips to nevermore

And in this flow of come-and-go

And have-and-hold’s hello-good-bye

We learn to cherish soft and slow

The here-and-now's swift silver-sigh

…etched on an alabaster reel

Of oh so near yet far away

Where touch is keened with the appeal

And imminence of yesterday

© Janet Martin

Excited to have Melissa move home today until the New Year.