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Hey you, with the hair like a sunset
And eyes so impossibly blue…
You carry such sadness within you.
Is it worth all the pain you go through?
The wounds are unseen and unmended
Deep down in your so tender soul.
Their very existence your secret,
But a part of what makes you whole.
When you lay that beautiful head down
On a girl's soft and welcoming breast,
Don't you want to be held as a child would,
And quietly and dreamlessly rest?
So maybe you weep, just a little,
For missed chances and people you've lost.
Tiredness brings the grief to the surface
And you find yourself counting the cost.
And your dreams, are they tranquil or troubled?
Sun and sea, or the blood on the shore?
Perspective returns with the sunrise,
But the blue eyes don't smile anymore.
You know your team loves and respects you.
You support them in all they go through.
You wear your authority lightly,
Yet you fear for their future with you.
Your love for the job doesn't falter,
You face danger again and again.
You know that one day death will find you
But you'll honour the badge until then.
The oath that you took as a young man
Still governs you now just as then.
You can't see a future outside it,
And those blue eyes will not smile again.