War - Ww1 - When I Returned Home Poem by Paul Warren

When he returned home
It was four years past
There were bands playing
And the families were glad
For the returned Diggers
Were also sons, brothers and lovers
And the years were long
At times they were filled with tears

It was 1919 and the Great War was over
But not everyone was there
In the Port Adelaide docklands
My best friend had fallen
And his mother made me promise
That I would look after him
But a German shell had done for him
I saw her standing there alone
And I couldn't look her in the face.

© Paul Warren Poetry