The cop inside of me

The badge in the picture is what my badge actually looked like.

As a child I played cops and robbers. I always wanted to be the good guy because it was a place that I would always bother. As I grew older the copper was the person I wanted to be. The role just grew into me, for I wasn’t a robber. I wanted to be the hero of the day that’s what being a cop meant to me. Not just fighting the bad guys, but to show that the man in blue has compassion too. I have walked a beat many times I have shown the other’s how my compassion rides. They still show me hate and dislike. Still standing I will still fight. I fight to show them the compassion that lies inside of them they refuse to listen. Now that I realize it is futile to have them be the good guy, this is what a cop should be. They should be just like Andy Griffin a cop that will never be. Now that I see that the cop inside of me has saved me. I started to turn into a bad guy lacking the compassion that use to lay inside of me. I know what I have to do I know what I should do. I turn in my badge so I can start life a new as a compassionate one. One that doesn’t wear a badge, one that can shed a tear with a stranger, one that has shown all the good inside of other for I am no longer the cop I am now and forever be the good guy that has always laid inside of me.

Reviews

[patricia]

This is a great short story, you wear your heart on your sleeve, a great write.

[WillyMFNt]

steve i was really moved by this writing. the idea and the lesson learned are prevelant in the writing. good job man

[Coyote Poetry]

Good story and thoughts in the poem. I like the way you told the story and the logical ending. Being a good person with kindness and heart is the proper way to live. Thank you for the excellent poem.
Coyote