O Captain! My Captain

O Captain! My Captain!

A world so vast controversies so deep

I stand in the world filled with trouble so steep 

I dare not think on my own or I get thrown out at sea

O Captain! My Captain! Where would I be?

O Captain! My Captain! Teach me and guide me to see

That freedom of my thought and will would only endanger me

Why is it so tough for me to be respected as I would want to be

No! Oh! No! My wills and thoughts are and will never be so free

I challenged thee to be the person I want to be

I fought to get this far trying to please you in all that you ask

Every minute of every passing hour you set out my path as a task

This life is one and only this one time I ask to be me

O Captain! My Captain! through your eyes I see the beauties

In your smile and warm heart I see freedom in rare realities

Pick me up and sail away with me to that land free of worries

O Captain! My Captain! In your ways will I set out my stories…

By: Ulric Quee

13/08/14