Come Sitwith Me And Listen Poem by alan brown

Come sit with my a listen
to the tale you'l have to hear
About a young mans story
Of loneliness and fear.

It started on the day of birth
while everybody spoke
About the life that he would have
but all the talk was a joke.

He grew tall and strong
and learned well
The meanings of his school.
But as he went out
into the wide old world
He became everybody's fool.

He worked for a pittance
for forty years
And broke just about every bone
Then in the evening he repaired the roads
before he set off home.

The days were long and tedious
the nights so short but sweet.
And everyone around him
took pride in his defeat.

Then one day he realized
without a single thought
And he wandered off into the wilderness
to seek the life he sought.

For another ten years he wandered
until one day in May.
He walked into a valley
With farms that were full up with hay.

Now this is the life he dreamed of
from the moment of his birth.
But sadly he passed away that day
and is buried in the earth.

So if you wake up dreaming
about another life.
Take heed in what the future brings
and don't toil all your life.

Just take a moment to yourself
and do whats in your dream.
Because you have only one chance in life
before you go unseen.