What You See and What you Didn’t

You see me on the streets of this city
You see me in uniform
You see the badge on my chest
I just smile and nod as you walk by me

You didn’t see the tears I shed
For the dead baby that was left unattended
Because the parents were passed out from
The heroin they just shot up

You see me on the streets of this city
You see me in uniform
You see the badge on my chest
I just smile and nod as you walk by me

You didn’t see that I had to notify parents
That their child has been killed
Killed by that 4th time drunk driver
The courts have repeatedly been lenient to

You see me on the streets of this city
You see me in uniform
You see the badge on my chest
I just smile and nod as you walk by me

You didn’t see that I was just at a gruesome murder
Bodies stabbed to death
Suspect in custody
Blood covered uniform

You see me on the streets of this city
You see me in uniform
You see the badge on my chest
I just smile and nod as you walk by me

It’s a mask we’ve all learned to wear
To mask the darkness we face every day
For it’s a darkness that remains with us
For the rest of our lives

As the Voice of the Veteran Community, The Havok Journal seeks to publish a variety of perspectives on a number of sensitive subjects. Unless specifically noted otherwise, nothing we publish is an official point of view of The Havok Journal or any part of the U.S. government.