Paul Warren Poems

Southern Cross how clear you shine
Above a homeland forever mine
The sacred light guiding our way
In our hearts to forever stay
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We spoke together quietly one afternoon of his son now lost
I came to realise as he spoke of his struggling with its cost
His son was young and just starting with his own life's journey
What happened made him question if as a father he was worthy
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I was programmed by my genes
And by my family not to demean
For my Christian teachings agree
To help the oppressed to be free
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Battered small handwritten notebooks
Just small enough to store in soldier's nooks
Pencilled papers in a script unclean
These books were written at times unseen
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Wilhelm Furtwängler was a German concert and operatic conductor
Who was prominent in Germany when Hitler was their mentor
With Hitler preaching racism, persecution and murder in the world
He stayed helping Jewish musicians to survive as the swastika was unfurled
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Just today a friend phoned to say
His partner had cancer and needed treatment straight away
What do you say to such devastating news?
It is certainly a situation that no-one would choose
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People think they need a strong leader to show them the way
So they had Stalin, Musolini, Hitler and Pinochet
They usually come to power when people can't decide
And their parliaments are fractured and will divide
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Gentle Breeze blow
Caressing cooling my hot face
The eagle soaring
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In the blazing sun on dusty plains
In the dead of night as the cold complains
We who wear the blue are standing here
In duty's call that is quite clear
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Nothing lasts forever they say
All you have to do is wait it away
Until you see the end
So there's no need to pretend
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