Where do you go
Where do you go
When given license
To wander
Do you run away
With the tallyman
As a way to get even
Find yourself washed up
On an exotic island
Looking for treasure
Panning for gold
In the outback
Waltzing Matilda
On a makeshift dance floor
In the Klondike
Working for drinks
Press Ganged into servitude
Fighting for a master
On a tall ship
Going down
All guns blazing
Beating William Bonney
To the draw
He was a back-shooter anyway
Trying to remember
What brought you low
Finding Nemo
Was a sailor
Before he was a Clownfish
Waiting for Godot
With a single-malt on hand
To smooth out the wrinkles
Do you forget
The reason you left
The future behind
To live in the past
Do you plough a field
In sorrow
Carry a heavy load
Dream within a dream
As the cock crows thrice
Never give an answer
When the Postman rings twice
Find another door
And step through
Without a thought
Of what might happen
To you
When you stop
To consider
The consequence
Of flight
Is postponement
Not cancellation
No matter how lightly
You travel
The baggage you carry
Will grow
No matter how far
You may conceive to go
The life you strive to leave behind
Will always
Be with you
The devil at your shoulder
The twinkle in his eye
The first breath
When you enter
The last one
When you die.