Her Angel In Blue
by Brenda Riley -Seymore
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She was flying down the road She and her boyfriend had a fight,
She almost ran down a pedestrian and ran a few red lights.

The flashing lights and siren behind her made her groan, and she said damn!
She pulled over for the Cop...Cops she couldn't stand.

He ask for her license and registration and proof of insurance too.
She glared at him as she went thru her purse and he said, Do you know why I stopped you?

No! She lied with an attitude as she tried to find her stuff,
She said, don't you have anything better to do then to stop someone in a rush?

There must be a shooting, a murder or a rape,
Or a bank being robbed or some other important scrape.

Instead you stop the one whose taxes pay your check,
and my friend is a lawyer and your career he will wreck.

You Cops sit around eating donuts, harrasin tax payin folks,
is it any wonder that you're the butt of all our jokes?

He wrote her out a ticket and she cursed him under her breath,
He gave it to her and she grabbed it she said sarcastically, Gee, so glad we met.

Well the Cop didn't say much, just "slow down ma'am", and walked away.
He knew she wouldn't be interested in anything he had to say.

A few months had passed, she had been out with her friends and drinkin.
Her boyfriend and her, had another fight, so she went for a drive to do some thinkin.

She was speeding down the highway when she lost control,
she skidded onto the dirt shoulder and her car went off the road.

Over the embankment her car landed upside down,
she was trapped and cried for help, but no one was around.

She was hurt so bad, she was afraid she didn't have a chance,
it was then with terror, that she smelled the gas.

She saw the fire that ignited under the hood
and she knew that she might die...That much she understood.

Then an angel appeared at her window, it was the cop that she had met,
he was down on his hands and knees, I'm not going to leave you,
but there's somethin I have to get.

I'm going to try and get you out. Don't be afraid, I'll be right back,
and he ran to his car to get his crow bar and a jack.

Then she saw him working, trying to get her free,
when the flames came inside, she began to scream.

The flames were burin around her pinned legs
and she saw that he was cryin as she began to beg.

Then by some miracle she felt him pull her out
and then there were lights and sirens and she heard someone shout.

The Cop half drug and carried her away from the burning car about to blow,
Then she heard the thunder spit the night, she said, you could have died too you know?

Then paramedics were at her side, her pain was so intense,
the Cop was still at her side, burned and covered in blood...he was a mess.

Someone tried to help him but he waved them away,
she wondered why he tried to save her after the things she had said that day.

His hands were blistered, red and black, his face was etched with pain.
As he stood beside her she wondered if she would ever see him again.

A few days later several officers came to talk,
right after she heard the news that she would never be able to walk.

She asked the Cop makin his report about that night,
could you tell me how the Cop is the one that saved my life?

I want to thank him for what he did for me.
I wasn't very nice to him the first time we met, you see.

Then a man with bandaged arms walked in and stood beside her bed
and smiled the sweetest smile and then he softly he said.

There's no need to thank me ma'am I did what I had to do,
it's all part of my job to serve and protect you.

She said, I'm so sorry for the things that I have said,
because if it weren't for you I would be dead.

She said, I guess I never thought about the job that you do,
I was only thinkin about myself and I was unkind and rude.

How can I repay you? She asked for what you've done, what can I do?
Well he said, the next time you see a Cop remember we are human just like you.

He turned and walked out of the room and as night began to fall,
she knew that if weren't for him she would have lost it all.

His words came back to haunt her the day he stopped her and asked her to slow down
and for her angel in blue a new respect she found

And with tears upon her face, humbled with her shame,
she realized that she was the only one to blame.

So for the men in blue she closed her eyes and said a prayer,
for these men so brave and true and thanked God that he was there.