Yesterday. Today.

A tableau.

Yesterday your eye beheld the light
Your joy a swallow on the wing
Happiness was thrown to all you met
You were such a pretty thing

Today your walking stick tap!-taps!
Your face, a concentration
You handle your unsteady steps
With intermittent hesitation

Yesterday your heart sang loud
Your vision swept the world
Your playground many countries wide
For the adventurous girl

Today that country's just a street
Your eye a doubtful thing
The adventure's now just there and back
The heart murmurs instead of sings

Yesterday your story just began
The page contained mere trimmings
There was no form or content
All your prospects, just beginnings

Today you are a library
Many tales held deep inside
My! So many countless volumes
They seem a country wide

Reviews

[Red Brick Keshner]

A mobile tableau that brings much pleasure. Thank you for sharing.

[Bryan Sefton]

Many thanks to you Fredrick.