As i placed my foot upon the train <br />i looked back an saw my mothers pain <br />i can't go back I've come this far <br />i'm a sailor now! a jolly jack tar! <br /> <br />no mother now to hold my hand <br />no longer under dads command <br />I'm free to wander over this earth <br />and in that ship i'll find my berth! <br /> <br />don't look back, the future's free <br />its in this ship an with the sea <br />new, and exiting things to do <br />my family now, i'm part of the crew <br /> <br />it was in my blood to sail the seas <br />like a duck to water, i did it with ease <br />i love the life, the foreign places <br /> nights at sea, and differant races <br /> <br />should i have taken another road <br />i might be back in my mums abode <br />thank you mum for all you've done <br />you made a man out of your son<br /><br />Bob Gibson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-t-look-back-7/
