BEHIND THE TEARS

I feel the pavement tremble

Vibrate beneath my feet

There's a warning calling to me

I tense against the streets

Every man's a shadow

Lurking in the dark

Hand on my gun

As the sweat runs

Will I do my part

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Will I save another victim

Will that image haunt me too

Will I kill a perpetrator

As I've been trained to do

Feel a sense of pride in duty

While the violence stabs my heart

My only fear, behind the tears

Is will I do my part

~~*~~

I check the homeless shelters

The kids out on the streets

Is this some premonition

Of a helpless soul in need

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

I enter people's nightmares

With no way of crawling back

Seen so much devastation

No light filters through the cracks

Haunting visions remain with me

No more wishing on the stars

As the torment bleeds, and flows through me

I fight to do my part

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Will I save another victim

Will this image haunt me too

Will I kill a perpetrator

As I've been trained to do

Feel a sense of pride in duty

While the violence stabs my heart

My only fear, behind the tears

Is will I do my part

~~*~~

~~~*Finale*~~~

I have been committed 

To this badge , right from the start

But I ask myself, each trip through hell

Will I do my part

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Copyright© 2013
Wrdspnr@aol.com
~~Richland Police Dept.~~
Thank You for all you do
To keep our City Safe! T*