Don'T Look Back Poem by Bob Gibson

As i placed my foot upon the train
i looked back an saw my mothers pain
i can't go back I've come this far
i'm a sailor now! a jolly jack tar!

no mother now to hold my hand
no longer under dads command
I'm free to wander over this earth
and in that ship i'll find my berth!

don't look back, the future's free
its in this ship an with the sea
new, and exiting things to do
my family now, i'm part of the crew

it was in my blood to sail the seas
like a duck to water, i did it with ease
i love the life, the foreign places
nights at sea, and differant races

should i have taken another road
i might be back in my mums abode
thank you mum for all you've done
you made a man out of your son