Only yesterday

Looking back is easier than moving forward
when everything important is toward
the past, pointing like a sick joke
choking your lungs like acrid smoke.
Life cannot be lived in reverse,
alas, this is love's true curse
to know that the end will eventually come
and you can only play dumb,
pretending that your happy with the situation
knowing but not preventing devastation  
Yesterday's sunset and sunrise
were just your hopes and dreams in disguise
as you watch them come and go
never truly being able to know
which one you'll capture and which you won't,
which you do or do not really want.
Looking back to see how far you have walked
just to ignore the warning signs chalked
on the stoney thing you call a heart,
one small crack away from falling apart.
You cannot trudge this journey with your eyes
facing away from the ultimate prize,
only yesterday could you truly see
but now we march into eternity.