Retired Police

What do you expect of me
Upright and Outstanding maybe
And to live by the standards made
So truth and justice will not fade

When I rise and you look me in the eye
Do you just see what I was to get by
For now I just want to rest
And not be judged as always best.

© Paul Warren Poetry
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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