Why did you have to leave so soon?
I had just talked to you earlier that
afternoon.
We were laughing and carrying on
had I only known.
Had I known how the afternoon was
going to end all wrong.
It hasn’t been the same since you’ve
been gone.
I heard the call and I was on the way,
I’ll never forget finding you that day.
It ripped my heart to see you injured
like that.
I did for you what you could not do
filling your lungs with each breath,
while others did the rest.
I stayed with you till you were flown
from the scene hoping to wake and
find it all to be a dream.
It was extremely hard to face the
fact, you were gone and never coming
back.
You were a great cop and a good
friend, but why did it all have to
suddenly end.
So tragically taken from this world
your friends, family and wife.
You paid the ultimate price and
they all represent the supreme
sacrifice.
You served mankind well and did
a thankless job that few would
choose to do.
Knowing what the consequences
could bring, you accepted the task
without hesitation, giving your life
for our preservation.
You were laid to rest with Honors
in such a glorious way we will never
forget.
Bugles playing, drums tapping and
bagpipes piping as the twenty-one gun
salute echoed in the air while we stood
at attention.
Now I wake to another dawn
wondering why it had to go wrong.
Thoughts of you will always remain,
but things are not the same------
since you went 10-42.
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Written by Officer Jeff Lyle