Grow up

Grow up

Grow up the man advised me
Grow up to save your soul
I listened to him most carefully
I listened and recognized my goal.

The path to tread was arduous
The path was steep and long
I vowed not to make an awful fuss
I vowed to find the song.

So off I set the next morning
So off with girded loin
My goal was set and calling
My goal I will purloin.

I climbed the tallest mountain
I climbed the smallest hill
I drank from life’s rich fountain
I drank and I’m drinking still.

I came wearily upon a golden gate
I came disheartened to a lock of steel
Hoping that I was really not too late
Hoping that a key under a stone I’d feel.

Yea behold I pulled a tiny key
Yea behold from the gargantuan rock
The song of life it found me
The song helped unseal the lock.

So now I walk life’s wondrous path
So now I’ve paid my worldly fee
I can look at life’s foibles and laugh
I can sing the songs bestowed on me.