Humor

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IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN

If I would have known what mom was to say
I would have responded with "Yikes"
"You have to quit hockey you’re now going to learn
How to play the Scottish bagpipes

To young to negotiate a settlement fair
After all, what choice did I have
Mom was the boss , dad even said so
He believed that, right to his grave

The lessons were hard, on a chanter I learnt
My mistakes pointed out by my peers
When you don't want to play it's harder to learn
And to learn took me plenty of years

The other thing now that comes to my mind
That bothered me right to the hilt
Was wearing the starch shirts, the wool jacket and hat
But most of all was the kilt

The whistles I got from those in the crowd
At the places, where we played
Catcall from friends, making mocking replies
Was a memory I frequently replayed

Not until years later did it suddenly dawn
The music was joy to my soul
The marching became an uplifting response
Finally a bagpiper made whole

I Thank you mom, dad sure was right
So glad that you were the boss
Without your decision as to my undertaking
I would have suffered such loss

The drum and the drones all tuned together
Symphony marching in time
No puck or no stick can ever displace it
The bagpiper's peaceful sublime

Copyright Gary James Smith
March 12, 2008

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