Old Yearnings Do Not Fade

No need to give away Dreams that haven't been steady Just meet another day And be again quite ready For burning desires to burn And give of their thousands or more And something from this all learn When you are wholesome and sure Year shall be going on to lost For everything drifts here on Or becomes like the leaf's rust When life from the times are gone Decades will fly and you'll long Every footstep that went away Remember each touch so strong That once was here but couldn't stay Old yearnings do not fade They just become so ‘newfangled’ When daylights in sunsets are made And differently weaved and tangled