Sail Away, Sail Away (poem) by John Herlihy on AuthorsDen

Sail Away, Sail Away
by John Herlihy → (All Poetry by John Herlihy)
Sunday, May 2, 2021 Rated "G" by the Author.

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In tribute to the hopeful decline of the pandemic.

-- Sail Away, Sail Away -- John Herlihy Don’t we all now want to just drift away, Go to sleep, but all the while still awake. To just sail away, friends, sail far away, To live happily with the angels by and by. My heart troubled, with worries galore, Life didn’t seem to be getting any easier. To just sail away, friends, sail far away, To live happily with the angels by and by. Who be asking me and making demands, To do this, to do that, to keep on doing. To just sail away, friends, sail far away, To live happily with the angels by and by. You be calling me friend, left me undone, Better to be alone with friends like that. To just sail away, friends, sail far away, To live happily with the angels by and by. To live happily with the angels by and by. With no pot to rightly piss in, as they say, And no window to threw it out of, either. To just sail away, friends, sail far away, To live happily with the angels by and by. The going rough, with sickness and such, The separation and loneliness hard to bear. To just sail away, friends, sail far away, To live happily with the angels by and by. Let me find my way back into life again, Ragged, yet now free from life’s storm. To sail back again, friends, sail back again, To live happily there amid family and friends. Find my way back into a new-found world, To leave behind all the sickness and death. To sail back again, friends, sail back again, To live happily there amid family and friends. Back to some talking and music and laughter, Another country for the mind to go back to. To sail back again, friends, sail back again, To live happily there amid family and friends. To come back to health, sanity, camaraderie, To listen again to the compelling music of life. To sail back again, friends, sail back again, To live happily there amid family and friends. To make my way back into the fabric of life, The forgotten customs of our earlier world. To sail back again, friends, sail back again, To live happily there amid family and friends. Nothing to match it, in this day-to-day world, There it is, nothing could ever come up to it. To sail back again, friends, sail back again, To live happily there amid family and friends. - - - - - - Copyright © John Herlihy Sunday 25 April 2021

Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on May 3, 2021

I, LIKE ANYONE ELSE, LONG FOR THINGS TO RETURN TO NORMAL. HOWEVER I AM LEFT WITH A QUESTIONS; SINCE WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD...WHAT GOOD WILL WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THESE TIMES? WHAT LESSONS WILL WE TAKE WITH US AS WE SAIL AWAY INTO THE YEARS AHEAD? WILL WE BE BETTER PREPARED WHEN IN ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS, GIVE OR TAKE A FEW...ANOTHER PESTILENCE COMES? LIFE IS SO PRECIOUS WE MUST HAVE WISDOM AND LEARN TO APPRECIATE AND TREASURE WHAT WE HAVE, NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED, AS WE SAIL AWAY INTO THE FUTURE THAT ONLY GOD HOLDS IN HIS HANDS. WELL DONE AND THANKS FOR SHARING, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH... HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Andy Turner

Reviewed on May 2, 2021

Clever how it runs full circle.
I found myself reading it, in my mind's voice, in Geoffrey Rush�s voice from Pirates of the Caribbean. Ah, arrr, matey that poem be worth a gold sovereign or piece of eight.

It does leave one pondering: who made up life rules.

Reviewed by Diana Wiles

I truly hope we can find our way back into life again,...
And live happily amid family and friends...
but with a new conscience for the future...

Diana...

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com

The cynic in me says, "Careful what you wish for" and the realist in me says, "There's a lot that has been discovered in this period of confinement. Act on it." For many, most of the revelations have likely come from being with oneself and discovering the true independence of spirit that we all possess... again, most likely, few will seek such discovery. Your poem runs the gamut of options, even suggesting the return to family and friends. To some, the return is anticipated as nirvana. To others, friends and family, those who proved their worth during the pandemic, have always been there, and will always remain. Returning is not necessary. Such experience is what positive attitudes use to endure. Thoroughly thought through piece of wordplay. Enjoyed.

Reviewed by Tracey Hardie

I think we all would like to go back to when things were simple... I have chosen to disconnect for awhile...trying to find simple things that make me happy instead of listening to a noisy uncertain world. (which may just inspire a poem..lol)

I enjoyed reading your work. :)