Forty Four

(Inspired by and to the tune of Barrett’s Pivateers by Stan Rogers  url)

How I wish I was in Halifax now

I’ve taken forty four turns around the sun
Yet, I’m not sure what I have truly done
The spark has gone, there’s no joy, no fun
So I’ll raise a glass to the old Rum Run

How I wish I was in Halifax now

I dreamed of adventures across the sea
Now it seems life has got away from me
I’ve no idea where, who, or what I will be
In the year of twenty twenty-three

How I wish I was in Halifax now

Despite no plan, life’s not what I had thought
Tangled within your chaos, now I find I am caught
Explain to me, how and what we have wrought
It’s well past time, I must decide, to stay or not

How I wish I was in Halifax now

(Prompt: Write a poem from the point of view of yourself, ten years ago.)