Standing in
the cold that morning
at attention
across from the police station,
with those
who knew you more
those I know
who wear the badge
who fight the
fight you fought
Being there
for all of us, in danger,
in the
streets, out in the darker places,
the trying
places in our land
our city, our
neighborhoods.
Knowing where
you fell, the street,
how close to our
home
how near we
all are to chaos
how separate
we let ourselves be
when we are
still so connected
Seeing you,
your flag,
the fallen
one, struck down,
echoes of
your life
in who
marched with you.
Watching your
comrades, your brethren
the thin blue
line, stretching down the street
past the
station in front of me,
those standing
beside me, at attention
Row on row of
men and women
on and on
they came, from across the region,
to pay
respect, tribute, honor
to your
memory
A tribute, a
privilege,
to stand with
each one of them
Those who
risk all for us
each day,
each shift,
each step on
the beat,
into the
breach
dark places
where
we would
not go
====
edited December 28, 2014
Fallen – v3
(editing original again and version 2,
and based on recent slayings of
active duty NYPD police officers,
Rafael
Ramos and Wenjian Liu
edited June 14, 2014
Fallen – v2
Flag Day
October 21, 2006 16:11
Fallen
funeral for Officer Michael Briggs
Manchester, NH
&
Edited October
22, 2013
A memory of
another day – v2
April 19, 2013
A memory of
another day
search for second
suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing
in Watertown, MA
April 19, 2013
and search for
the killer of Officer Michael Briggs,
in Manchester, NH
2006
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