"WHISPERED TEARS"

I PICK UP THE NOTE,
WRITTEN BY CHILD'S HAND.
SUCH YOUTHS INNOCENCE,
STILL CAN'T UNDERSTAND.

"I MISS YOU MOMMY,
PLEASE COME HOME AGAIN,
WILL YOU BE HOME SOON?
DADDY WON'T TELL ME WHEN."

I FOLD THE NOTE UP,
ON THE WALL FIND THE NAME,
IN LIFE A HERO,
IN DEATH THE SAME.

THIS PLACE TO REMEMBER,
WHEN OFFICERS FALL,
A TRIBUTE OF THANKS,
TO THE NAMES ON THE WALL.

IN STUNNED DISBELIEF,
HERE YOUNG MOTHERS CRIED,
SHATTERED FUTURES REALIZED,
THEIR DREAMS HAVE ALL DIED.

YOUNG CHILDREN EXCITE,
AT THE NAME THAT THEY READ.
NOT ABLE TO KNOW,
THE DEPTH OF THIS DEED.

A HUSBAND STANDS NUMB,
AS TEARS WELL IN HIS EYES,
THEIR TENDER LOVE LOST,
LATE AT NIGHT HOW HE CRIES.

A FATHER STANDS THERE,
HIS HEAD BOWED IN SORROW,
SOMEONE KILLED HIS DREAMS,
FOR HIM NO TOMORROW.

A WOMAN NOW WEEPS,
SHE NO LONGER CAN BEAR,
A PART OF HER DIED,
SHE PRAYS HE WAS HERE.

A YOUNG MAN AND WOMAN,
SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.
AS THEY TRACE THE NAME,
OF THEIR FALLEN BROTHER.

A MAN HOLDS HIS HEART,
HIS MOUTH LOCKED IN A FROWN.
HE WHISPERS "I'M SORRY,
I LET YOU DOWN."

HE WISHES IT HIM,
THAT WAS KILLED ON THAT DAY,
TO CHANGE NAMES ON THE WALL,
IF THERE'S ANY WAY.

EVERY PERSON THAT'S HERE,
SHARES A BOND THROUGH EACH NAME,
LINKED BY ONE PAINFUL DAY,
THEIR LIVES NEVER THE SAME.

THEY SACRIFICED ALL,
TO SERVE AND PROTECT.
NEVER ASKING OF YOU,
NEVER FINDING RESPECT.

EACH YEAR WE ADD NAMES,
ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED MORE,
TO SAINT MICHAEL'S TEAM,
AND WORK HEAVENS TOUR.

I SEARCH THE WALL,
MANY MORE NAMES I KNOW.
AS I LEAVE THEM A PRAYER,
WITH EACH STEP I GO.

THIS JUST A JOB,
I'VE BEEN TOLD OF LATE.
NO JOB HAS A WALL,
FILLED WITH NAMES KILLED FROM HATE.

THE GHOSTS COME ALIVE,
THROUGH EACH NAME ON THE WALL,
NOW ANGELS OF GOD,
STANDING HEAVENS ROLL CALL.

By

P.O. ANTHONY PETROCELLI
N. Y. P. D.  60TH PRECINCT.

Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © December 2000 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

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