We go to work each day and hack away ...away ...away (but from what?)

Views in Verse - on perspective.


Work / home life balance is about the most important thing in life. Not many of us men do it as well as we really would like... it takes us a few years to realize it though

 

These Days

Bright lights may tempt your fate

the road brings sights unseen 

Each new day sharpens the senses 

success brings valleys green

Opportunity comes far a-field

travel's my constant friend
Yet solace dumbs sincerity
The truth is there to bend

How many times can you bury your head

at the end of a working day

Having given your time to people and place 

and anything that will pay?

These days a lotta time goes by 

Where you just don't say 

what you feel 

But with every turn of the road 

and  every tug at the wheel

I'm going back to what is real

My life has been a whirlpool

Where I've mixed both right and wrong 

As the road has been my driver

I've learnt to play along

Given all of this

my family has waited

at the end of an endless queue

Where priority fools intention 

and good men found are few

So how many times can you bury your head

at the end of a working day
Having given your time to people and place 
and anything that will pay
These days a lotta time goes by 
Where you just don't say 

what you feel 

but with every turn of the road 

And every tug at the wheel

I'm going back to what is real

Earlier today 

I came upon some people

Up on a rugged mountain bend

Huddled around a biker 

who came to a sticky end

Got me to thinking 

Of  life and death

And all that comes between

Makes you wonder 

what it's all about

...what life really means?

As I drove away 

I swore that 

this month will be my last

Chasing orders 

on outback roads

My tour of duty past

My tour of duty past

These days a lotta time goes by 

Where you just don't say 

what you feel 

but with every turn of the road 
And every tug at the wheel
I'm going back to what is real

I'm going back to what is real

forwarded from my Iphone - Grahame J Flynn