Choices We Make Poem by Jan Oskar Hansen

The Choice

I sat alone in my bunk
Waiting for the ship to reach the shore
Not for brevity

But stay docked for many days
So, I could enjoy the freedom from the ship
Down the gangplank I walked singing
Halleluiah.

with a glass in hand and a girl in arms
I lived the life, till the captain said
You have to choose between
Ship or shore.

A seaman life was not for me
I walked ashore never looked back
Halleluiah.

I sat in a glade when the mermaid
Of the forest's lake

She invited me to her pond
It was deep and blue
I said, no and walked my way
While singing Halleluiah.