I started out young to build my boat, <br />to get me across life's ocean. <br />I wanted to quickly get afloat, <br />this was a powerful notion. <br /> <br />So I asked Jesus if I could learn <br />from him, how this could be done, <br />to build a boat from prow to stern, <br />as he was a carpenter's son. <br /> <br />For further help I looked to the East, <br />and there I came across The Buddha, <br />and asked him if he, at the very least, <br />could contemplate for me the perfect rudder. <br /> <br />Then I showed the build so far, <br />to Mohammed so he could see, <br />if all the timber, canvas and tar, <br />were being assembled properly. <br /> <br />But soon I realised as I strolled along the beach, <br />they would never work together as one, <br />no agreement would they ever reach, <br />and I really needed to get this done! <br /> <br />So in the end I decided to put a stop, <br />to the work, and do it all for myself, <br />so I went back into the workshop, <br />and took the plans down from the shelf. <br /> <br />Soon afterwards I had my launch day, <br />and set sail across life's turbulent sea, <br />and if I should sink whilst under way, <br />then any failure is all down to me!<br /><br />Tom Higgins<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-life-boat/
