Sometimes
I ponder What-Ifs
Considering
each possibility
All
the alternate paths
Life
might have taken me
What
things might have been?
Would
I have sailed the sea?
Died
on some far-off shore
Fighting
for king and country?
What
great feat of daring-do
Might
I have designed?
Adventure
in distant lands
Thrill
my heart and mind
Quest
for treasure on a map
Some
deep mystery to unwind
A
love affair with passions hot
Who
knows what I might find?
Not
that I’m complaining
About
what I have seen
Nor
the person I am now
That’s
not quite what I mean
It’s
just that when I read
Of
Ireland’s fields so green
Or
great battles won or lost
I
get lost in each scene
But
I am just a common man
With
no sway over time or tide
We
all have our parts to play
And
all should take some pride
For
every story that we read
In
histories far and wide
Was
lived and wrote by common folk
And
that can’t be denied
hear,hear!
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