Yesterday's Apples

Yesterday’s apples were sweeter,
yesterday’s trees you could climb
Yesterday’s mountains were higher,
yesterday’s poems would rhyme,
Yesterday’s children were younger,
yesterday’s spring was a song
Yesterday’s breezes were sweeter,
yesterday’s summers were long
I’ve looked for yesterday’s apple in every apple I’ve tried since then
sometimes I think I can taste it, but I’ve never found it again
As summers surrender to autumn and as the years unwind
I wonder about that apple, fall memories play tricks with your mind
Was yesterday’s grass really greener?
Were yesterdays trees all that tall?
Were the moon and the stars any nearer?
Did the long days of summer run deep into the fall?
Yesterday’s apples may not have been sweeter
but they are so sweet to recall
Maybe yesterday’s apples have ripened with time
And all the sweetest apples are gone