Thoughts in the Dark

There are things I want

that will never happen again

There are things I want

that may happen after I'm gone

The train of life

doesn't halt at all my stops

Will I ever see

the vast expanse of space

Will I ever feel

that first step on another world

Will I ever know

the daily life of the Egyptians

Can I ever walk

in the cities of the Sumerians

I speak not out of regret

but of curiosity to experience

all the wondrous things in this universe

in this very short life that we have

Things unseen

people I will never meet

places I can never go

nothing but the present

And what a wondrous thing the present is

every moment, every day the sun rises

every time the wind blows in my face

I feel as alive as all the people I will never meet