The Lost Trooper Poem by Paul Warren

The Lost Trooper



He rode the endless desert
As the days ran together in it

At first it was what he needed
But being alone finally exceeded

What he felt being the only law
In the Australian desert cut to the craw

He visited the homesteads occasionally
And saw Aborigines living their life free

But one day when the heat was unbearable
Life untenable he hung himself from a tree.

© Paul Warren Poetry

Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: my country,poem,police,suicide
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
South Australian Mounted Police Troopers sometimes were known to disappear or suicide. They were left in place with no hope of being posted back to Adelaide.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Douglas Scotney 27 July 2017

Good Paul. Perhaps the better rhyming last line: Life untenable he hung himself from a tree.

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ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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