I Will Go Once More a Roving

I’LL GO ONCE MORE A ROVING I’ll go once more a roving Past my door beyond my gate Fear and rules no more condoning No authority berate No more now for me to hunker Nor to lock myself away Loose the latch and leave the bunker I regret I cannot stay Take the path along the river Cross the Heath and by the shore In the sun I’ll no more shiver I’ll go roving forth once more Friends I’ll greet if not too nearing But not veer nor shy away Share the freedom with a clearing Of restriction on our day ‘Safety first’ a favoured adage In life values that we weigh With elan as of a cabbage Flinching ever from a fray Those before us saw affliction Faced a world surfeit with strife Ventured forth without restriction They embraced the game of life Give us freedom of decision May we not give reasoned voice? Be not treated with derision As if children, make no choice In regime with no imposing An existence smooth and bland Let us go once more a roving Wander free across the land