Retrospective Poem by Paul Warren

So we have come this way
Lived our lives and had our say
Taken our paths thought as best
Onward whilst on our sacred quests

Have you measured each step taken
To know it was the way not forsaken
A lantern to light your way at night
Forward on to fight your fight

And those you met on their quest too
What did they mean to you
Someone to support you in your tears
And one to toast you drinking beers

So in retrospect what did it mean
To fight the fight and come away clean
And now sit beside the warming fire
To have what's yours in your desire.

© Paul Warren Poetry