Men In Blue
City Police
There are countless episodes and sagas of the city police, the men in blue...
In their sacred duty to serve and to protect, they are life heroes come true...
Everyday, at times and places undesigned, they deal with real life situations..
At such times, their training and discipline are called upon for the right solutions...
There are heartwarming incidences of the human side of the men in blue...
Such as the one who uninvited, willingly helped a pregnant lady mow the lawn..
There are other episodes of small acts of human kindness performed any day..
Kind gestures that are delivered unasked to brighten each recipient for the day..
Even small gestures like helping many a feeble old ladies to cross a busy street..
Or some flustered housewife running ragged with children and their many needs...
No neighbourly requests are trivial, none too frivolous to a uniformed man in blue..
To protect and serve is his pledge to deliver once he is in that uniform blue..
Once in a while we are staggered when our reliable men in blue are endangered..
Helplessness and horror envelope us when some unexpected dangers put them under...
Officer down, officer down is one dreaded call to the centre they operate..
Flashing lights and wailing sirens rush in with high hopes they are not too late...
A routine pull over of a innocuous moving car for a minor traffic misdemeanour...
Can be but a prelude to life changing moments to any uniformed man in blue...
Who could see, who could predict that fine morning when a fine man in blue....
Waves lovingly a goodbye to his family, to start a day at the office with nary a clue...
That this fated day is not one to forget ever the loved ones in his family..
If later, after a dreaded knock on the family door, there stood some office buddies..
Those dreaded words, nightmarish in its simplicity, saying Ma'am, I'm sorry ...
Significant words that fail dramatically to negate the impact of a life lost in glory..
Life changing moments are part of their noble lives, executing their daily duties..
Many of such fine men, they serve the community up and beyond the call of duty...
City men in blue, each day at the office, may have to lay their lives on the line...
To protect and to serve, when the weak are trodden, men in blue come online..
Walking tall and disciplined, strong helping hands ever ready for the community..
This's my tribute, the city's finest citizens in blue at the service of the community..
Copyright © Keng Chuan Seng | Year Posted 2015
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