Drifter

1973 age 14

On a day that dawned you were here

And like a doe a fawn we seemed so near.

But a blink of the eye and I turned around

and empty sky was all that I found.

You had drifted on following your soul

The urge to be gone too strong to control.

It lives in the heart of many a man

You'll never depart from the drifting demand.

So be off and away and travel far free

but return someday my drifter to me.