PolicePoems.com - Our Dark Night by Dan Nelsen

"Our Dark Night"

IN MEMORIAM:

Shane Russell Chadwick

THE BIRDMAN'S IN THE ALLEY, HE'S FEEDING HIS FLOCK,
THE NOISE IS DISTURBING TO THOSE ON THE BLOCK,
A CALL TO THE CITY, …PLEASE SEND US YOUR BEST,
SHANE CHADWICK RESPONDS, HE'S WEARING HIS VEST,

SHANE PULLS UP IN THE ALLEY, HE'S TEN-TWENTY THREE,
IT'S JUST BEFORE DAWN AND IT'S STILL HARD TO SEE,
ALONE WITH THE BIRDMAN, THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL,
THE BIRDMAN IS CRAZY, WANTS TO SEE HIM IN HELL,

A WARM SIMPLE GREETING IS IN VAIN ON THIS MORN,
THE HALE OF GUNFIRE, THE FLESH THAT IS TORN,
"I'VE BEEN SHOT IN THE ALLEY", SEND SOME HELP IF YOU CAN,
WE ALL RESPOND TO THE VERY LAST MAN,

WIDE OPEN'S MY THROTTLE MUCH FASTER THAN I SHOULD,
I SCREAM TO THE ALLEY TO HELP IF I COULD,
THE LOOKS ON THE FACES OF TITO AND AL,
TELL ME WE'RE TOO LATE, WE CAN'T SAVE OUR PAL,

SOMEHOW WE MANAGE TO DO WHAT WE MUST,
TO CAPTURE THE BIRDMAN HIS DOOR WE WILL BUST,
BOBBY WAS READY, HE BROKE THROUGH THE DOOR,
THE BIRDMAN WAS WAITING WITH WEAPONS GALORE,

BOBBY WAS SAVED ON THAT DAY…FOR AWHILE,
SOON AFTER HE LEFT US, AND I MISS HIS BIG SMILE,
THE STANDOFF WENT ON FOR THE REST OF THE DAY,
UNTIL SNIPER'S BULLETS FINALLY TOOK HIM AWAY,

CURSED BE THE BIRDMAN AND ALL THAT HE DID,
AND CURSED BE THIS HATRED I LONG TO BE RID,
SHANE CHADWICK'S MEMORY, LET IT NOT BE IN VAIN,
FORGET NOT HIS BROTHERS, WITH OUR COLLECTIVE PAIN,

SO REMEMBER SHANE CHADWICK AND ALL THAT HE GAVE,
HE GAVE HIS LIFE HIS PEOPLE TO SAVE.

DAN NELSEN

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