How far?

How far I have come my friend
Lie behind me are the walls of the known world
Once I had strode into new lands,
But that is old news now.

Look at the fair bride by my side
Look the new folk who surround me
Look at my demenour, much changed
Look and wonder at it all

Where is my innocent smile
where is my oldest pride
Where is my old banner?
what new colours I fly under.

See me walk in my new boots
See how I walk as one with the crowd
I feel as new as the breeze,
I have changed with such ease

How far I have come my friend
what tales i could tell thee
the ocean and desert I crossed
I am in new soil now

So far I have come my friend,
Where have I gotten lost my friend?

I turn 22 in sometime,
far I have come indeed.