Yesterday the sun shone bright,
over a snow covered hill
yesterday a tender sight
a bird on my window sill.
Yesterday the rivers flowed
cool and clean and free
yesterday it was not cold
and sights were there to see.
Yesterday my heart was happy
My heart was calm and gay
yesterday was wonderful
but now it is today.
~Vanessa Howard, A Screaming Whisper (New York, 1972), p. 52

