url<\/a>)<\/p>\nHow I wish I was in Halifax now<\/p>\n
I’ve taken forty four turns around the sun
\nYet, I’m not sure what I have truly done
\nThe spark has gone, there’s no joy, no fun
\nSo I’ll raise a glass to the old Rum Run<\/p>\n
How I wish I was in Halifax now<\/p>\n
I dreamed of adventures across the sea
\nNow it seems life has got away from me
\nI’ve no idea where, who, or what I will be
\nIn the year of twenty twenty-three<\/p>\n
How I wish I was in Halifax now<\/p>\n
Despite no plan, life’s not what I had thought
\nTangled within your chaos, now I find I am caught
\nExplain to me, how and what we have wrought
\nIt’s well past time, I must decide, to stay or not<\/p>\n
How I wish I was in Halifax now<\/p>\n
(Prompt: Write a poem from the point of view of yourself, ten years ago.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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