"Blood Upon the Shield"
Blood
Upon The Shield
Confrontation in an alley. The
Centurion does not yield.
But this time the good guy loses;
there is blood
upon the shield.
And the mournful sounds of bagpipes
play out across the land,
drowned out by the sobs of a
lonely young wife
and a child too young to
understand.
While the killer pleads his case in court,
the thin blue line is one man
short.
And we're one step closer to
society's fall;
another cop's name is engraved on
the wall.
Another state funeral, with an army in blue,
and we know it could've been me
and it could've been you.
We all look ahead to what the
future has in store,
front line troopers in a country
that's at war.
At war with itself and at war with its cops and we're
out there every day 'cause the
battle never stops.
It's not the way it is on TV shows
or like
we learned in school; no cool
music in the background,
no playing by the "rules;"
We're disillusioned warriors,
but for right we'll always strive.
We just pray that at the end of
our stress-filled day
we'll get back home alive.
You stand out on the corner
ignoring the insults and the
stares,
close to the point of believing
that no one really cares,
when a six year-old boy walks over
after watching
you for awhile, reaching out to
shake your hand,
on his face a friendly smile.
To him you are a hero,
a protector of our land, and he
wants
to learn about you,
as a cop and as a man.
And when he asks you why your badge is covered
by a black elastic band,
tell him about our Brother
A cop who made a stand.
Author Unknown
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