“I’d love you forever” we told each other/ yesterday

The memories of us together

The movies/ dinners

Our intimacies

Yes/ I thought you’d love me forever

As Juliet/ Delilah/ as Medea

Loved their loves/ and you did

Yesterday/ I spoke your name aloud

And heard it recited on the ether

Its echoes drumming against

The membrane of time

And I remembered when I loved you

As Romeo/ Samson/ as Jason

Loved their loves/ and I did

You held my heart in your chest

We lived as one/ one pulse/ one beat

I loved you/ as I knew you loved me

But sometime late in the day/ yesterday

I no longer felt your heart/ your pulse/ your beat

I heard your voice/ speaking to me from far away

And I noticed your name no longer kissing my mouth

And I missed it

It is today/ and yesterday is nothing but

Memories/Echoes/ Shades

As much as I loved you/ yesterday/ and I did love you

Yesterday is gone/  Gone/  and not coming back.