Wannabe Cop

So you wanna be a cop, well…..(Playing God)
That aint no fun.
Making split second, life and death decisions at the point of a gun.

You say you wanna be a cop, then let me tell you true,
Being a cop (target) today is not an easy thing to do.

Their lives are magnified on a pinnacle by multiple political flakes
Until that thin fragile needle gets too heavy and snaps and breaks.

So you wanna be a cop, let me tell you about these boys in blue,
It’s the pathetic color of their life from ignorant-angry idiots like me and you.

Cops have the highest rate of Divorce and Suicide for any given career,
“To Protect and Serve” becomes a jaded cliché of their own psychological tears.

And you wanna be a cop in this bad domestic equation,
When your own wife and children all defy you in their own lawless situations.

So you wanna be a cop and you will be put through the test,
As every elected leader will cause many decades of civil unrest.

So you wanna be a cop enforcing the good laws of this land,
While supremist and ghetto fights an old xenophobic wound hand to hand.

And you wanna be a cop when that insane woman goes ballistic on blue,
As you hold your breath and gun contemplating just what next is the right thing to do.

And you wanna be a cop hero to save a life or two,
But this honor somehow, some day will all backfire on you.

And you wanna be a cop as you load those heavy lead bullets into your service gun,
As you gaze outside at the trees each day but inside you can only feel sad and numb.

And you wanna be a cop for others cop justified suicide,
As you wish there was another kind of emotional shield here to help you hide.

And you wanna be a cop and this one is really hard, is:
How to shoot that 12 year old kid with a broken-hearted vengeance and a gun
inside the elementary school yard.

But, think about this and think very long and hard,
Who you gonna call when there is some lunatic stalking you inside your yard?

So you wanna be a cop, go ahead, make my day,
Just a little Thank You or a smile >for them<
from decent folk can go a very-very long way.;o)

©2015 Tim Gega - Suicide Prevention Since 1986 - Emotional Awareness & Literacy