Holding on to Yesterday...

A crystal jar of perfume
Long forgotten in my care
A tiny slip, some shattered glass
The fragrance fills the air

The piercing shards of consciousness
Wake me up with a start
The spicy scent of yesterday
Plays havoc with my heart

A whiff so full of memories
So cruel..., yet divine
A potpourri of emotions
Impossible to define

The tingling in my senses
Intoxicating, sometimes sad
It brings to mind the moments
Both the good and the bad

Holding on to all those moments
Clinging on to yesterday
The heady aura of reminiscence
Begins to fade away

The desperation and the panic
Now begin to grow
It's hard to bottle up a memory
When it's time to let it go

Without warning, like it happened
It's all suddenly gone
Just the broken glass lies on the floor
A reminder to move on

Time to make some more new memories
And get rid of the gloom
Time to clear up all the splinters
And get some new perfume