Life, Yesterday

 Today-

verses yesterday.

So many now

are dependent

on the modern

technologies –

And hung up on

the materialistic things.

 

Forgetting

the feel of iron

worn smooth

by calloused hands.

 

Forgetting

when work meant sweat,

not screens-

when engines coughed to life

instead of booting up.

 

Back then

things were fixed-

not replaced.

Neighbors helped-

not posted.

 

Yesterday was slower,

harder,

maybe even quieter-

but it was real.

 

But it meant something.

Things were built

to last.

People were, too.

 

Steel.

soil.

Photo Credit: Kristin Sue Photography