Long Nights Poem by Naveed Akram

The night is longer than a day,
But these days are full of light,
The mouth is used to eat that
Delicious substance of desire.
One night, we hear and enter
The heart when days are dubious;
The day is longer than the night
If the night is weeping like a star,
So add burden to burden, and
Ministries open, fences are built
From the wood of trees rocketing.
The night is indeed longer than
Tears that fall onto the earth and
Find hearts of contentment.

To enclose the world in a box,
We enter the day's beginnings,
Fruit of the tongue is swallowed
And chewed with actions and tasks.
My weeping is like the nighttime,
For food has left the premises,
Food and drink are the solution
To the box of danger and delight.