When Yesterday Was Today

On cold evenings Surrounded by friends Warm and Safe I could stay up forever Taking strength From the blackness Talking Dreaming Feeling that I could float upward And walk with the stars On their lonely journey Through heaven. There was a girl I was with then Tall Graceful And beautiful When I first saw her I wanted to feel her softness Her breathe on my cheek Her hand Brushing against my thigh When I held her close And even closer I wanted her To say she loved me. Together Our love Had a perfect balance Of Teasing and challenge Spontaneity Courtship And seduction. A subtle change That I never understood Came about The closer we became The more anger And resentment followed When she smiled I was envious When I laughed she was angry We broke up We were young It was my fault Her fault Our fault Or blame it on the times we lived in. Outside my room Footsteps echo In a long and empty hallway And like an undeliverable letter A message scrawled To no one in particular Haunting visions are Returned to me The slenderness of her waist The way she arched her back The touch of her hand The way she kissed I feel her presence Yes, I relive all that.