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Hail To My Brother, the Dragon Slayer By Day

No one can imagine the horrors you've seen The terrible events that must appear in your dreams You can rarely share the evil you've seen It must encroach your soul, your entire being Defending a tourtured evil soul Takes courage, knowledge, devotion, a goal Trying to fight for a murderer's life Because your love of the law, gives you your might It's strengthened you, toughened you, wore down your heart Putting others before you, you'll go down with a fight Never judging the crime, the person, the soul Fair treatment to all is your only goal. Following statutes,motions and cases before Devoting your all, deserving much more It takes courage, thick skin, and love of mankind To sit across many of the evilest minds Doing the best job defending their crimes Takes a person that understands what's inside their mind Putting yourself in a mind such as theirs Must have its consequences over the years Yet you plug on defending these people for years No one allowed to see your real tears Your compassion for victims, children's lost lives Must be buried inside, fighting for the other's lives Your rarely given praise by society it seems Even though what you do must affect all your dreams I'm proud to say that my brother will fight Even for those that don't respect life. It takes a special person that chooses this life that you live For the freedom of unjustly accused all your time you will give Even if you save a few that weren't bad The emotional toll on your life makes me quite sad. For in the end whether or not you have won Your caseload continues it does not sound fun. It takes character,finesse intelligence too To continue defending is what you must do.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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Date: 5/18/2013 8:42:00 PM
a nice winning poem Jennifer... congrats... Linda
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Date: 5/18/2013 10:16:00 AM
This is a brilliant write. Congrats on your deserving win in the contest. AO
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Date: 5/18/2013 9:01:00 AM
Your brother is a very special person indeed as you have stated so well here Jennifer... Congratulations and I love your middle name! - Tim
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Date: 5/18/2013 9:24:00 AM
Thank you Tim, he is quite unique. And I like my middle name too. More than my common first name which at the time I was born was not common, then took over like wildfire.
Date: 5/17/2013 2:01:00 PM
How proud you must be..congrats on your tribute to him ./BG
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Date: 5/18/2013 9:25:00 AM
I am, he is very complex person. But loves his job. I just want him to become a judge for I know it's his goal.
Date: 5/16/2013 9:00:00 PM
Thank you for entering my contest
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Date: 5/16/2013 10:49:00 PM
Thank you for placing me. J
Date: 5/14/2013 10:53:00 AM
I don't know whether you meant he'd served 25 or 40 years, but either way it equals two lifetimes, because it can't be easy by a long shot. I hope you plan on showing your poem to him. From my perspective it's very insightful. I think you might enjoy my "Poetic Justice 1 & 2" for a light moment. Wishing you a pain-free day, Jennifer. Licia :-)
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Date: 5/14/2013 12:10:00 PM
Read and forwarded your to him he will get a kick out of them. I meant over 25 years. I can't remember exactly when he started. Your poems were great!!!! J
Date: 5/14/2013 2:14:00 AM
I love your poem, Jennifer. You have good insight into the horror your brother has to live with having to defend his clients. Good luck in the contest, my friend. I know you'd do well. Licia :-)
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Date: 5/14/2013 2:18:00 AM
Thank you, I can only imagine and see its effects. His job does not allow him to share much but I see its effects. As a public defender for over 4025 years I pray for the day he can sit as a judge. I think it will be so much better for him, but he truly loves his job.

Book: Shattered Sighs