Paul Warren Poems

In this life we race around
Left and right and up and down
Just looking for a way through
Making noise or staying silence too
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What makes you happy day to day
When you need cheering up I say
Any little laugh will do you know
Go on smile just let it flow
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Waiting around in our lockdown
Keeping busy without a frown
Suddenly what did I see on TV
Something that I thought I'd never see
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I took a sacred oath that day
Standing looking straight ahead I say
And it seemed so crystal clear
Something to hold onto and dear
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Just a slip of a lad as a probationary constable
I walked the beat in Port Adelaide as my fable
So up and down St Vincent Street
Then onto Commercial Road made it complete
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Fort Largs

Once we stood together proud and tall
Dressed in khaki or navy blue one and all
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No one knows what's inside my head
Looking straight and blank faced he said
For I don't show myself to you
There's just enough to function through
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What really gets your goat
Those things that aren't remote
To twist you up inside
And takes you for a ride
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Did you run towards danger
When others ran away
Did you comfort a mother crying
When death visited her that day
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It seemed so easy then
Make your back to bend
There is work to be done
A good life is there to be won
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