Musings of a Blue Dinosaur

The uniform was put on each work day It started as blue serge cleaned and pressed creases to stay And I progressed through the years dedicated Changing blue and less parade ground antiquated I wore it with pride and saw things through Learning about people and knowing what to do There were times when I questioned it all Sometimes laughing or crying as I do recall The years rolled on and some things changed Requiring from me an attitude that was rearranged And my path became less clear in it all For me to stay with the blue and adversely call I remembered what an older member had said to me You’ll know when your time to leave will be When it came I knew I couldn’t stay in the mix And I couldn’t see that new simple ideas for me wouldn’t be fixed So a clear decision was made To go on to other things and let it all fade I sit and watch it function without me now While I sit on the outside looking on not a part of the how. © Paul Warren Poetry