Desires

At night the distances disappear
Destinations that seemed so far away
During the day appear within reach
What can be will be, how can it not be
As long as we remember that yesterday
Need not repeat itself tomorrow;
This time the rains did not fail the river
Neither did the river the sea
If distress cannot be shared
How can we share bounty
At night it's possible to make peace
With the past, see things as they are
How far we have come, from where we were
Though we had to bury many desires on the way
So that others could travel light
At night, it is clear as day
That what we have
We cannot keep,
That what we cannot keep
Was never ours.