Paul Warren Poems

On Tuesday 19 November,2019, at Adelaide Oval on a barmy evening
The stage is set for U2's Joshua Tree concert appealing
Playing to 40,000 fans such a buzz
Each song played a hit in their rock show for us
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Ramrod straight and true blue
With just a gaze he would look right through
He could tell those who were weak
And were hiding something to secrete
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Gasping he sucked in deep
To breathe after made his survival complete
The wave rolled on and left him there
Riding the waves made it devil may care
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I watched a devil dance
Across the plain in its dusty prance
To look up high towards the sun
Burnt my eyes as it's battle won
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It all changed when my father died
Without his mellow we missed him inside
For my mother wasn't strong enough to keep it together
So we drifted apart without his tether
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Strong hands who held me up to the sun
A harbinger of knowledge so hard won
By his side I felt so good
Safe and sound like a son should
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Vale to the Firefighters

Do you think there is a special place in heaven
For people who pass as heroes
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Creeping around not showing myself to anyone
They keep looking but I will wait until they're done
I have all the time in the world
As I sit and watch the world meld
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He thought he was a hard man
Talking behind your back was his plan
And his thought was I'm so tough
But he was first to scream enough
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Manning the walls of our homeland
Standing tall at our country's command
Trained and ready to carry their foil
At Christmas time so far from our soil
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