Mamol Ollie

theirs was the smile of yesterday
liquid red and stone white remembrance
\"things were never simpler\", she said
\"I don't know why old people want to simplify
the good ol days...times were tough and lovely; rough\"
she said coughing down a hit off her Marlboro

\"someday, I won't be here, honey...
so keep me close in your heart\", she asked
I told her she would live forever
\"but someday, granny, a crisp breeze
is going to carry me away and I won't try
to find my way back-so you hold on to me\"

\"the good old days are right NOW\", I said
raising my glass of summer sun tea for a toast
\"and I am trapped in this moment
but it never seems to last long enough\"
and I tear up a bit, and she pretends not to notice
the years robbing us each of the other