We live and work
among you. You look at us with awe or disdain
You respect us or
you hate us
You either love us
or fear us, for some it is a little bit of both
We carry guns and we
watch everything
We know the exits in
the building we are in
We know where a
criminal will most likely come from
We see the others
who carry weapons
We see the good or
evil, the innocence or cruelty in the eyes
We are ever watchful
You see the badge on
my chest, the uniform I wear proudly, or my veterans hat
You see the gun on
my hip and my back straight and tall
The flag waving in
my yard or stuck on my car
My creeds are
"Give me Liberty or give me death"
"Don't tread on
me" and "Molon Labe"
We work out, we run,
and we train to be the best
We stand up for
ourselves, for you, we stand tall with pride and confidence
You fear us for
these things and because of your fear you hate us
We are different
from you
We look different,
we act different and we have a different look in our eyes
Our look is not one
of innocence or of cruelty
It is one of
Justice, courage and vengeance
Not vengeance for
ourselves
Vengeance on behalf
of those under our watch
We have our teeth
and claws, you see them on our hip and in our arms
You hear our growl
and bark in our cries of patriotism
And our quiet words
of warning saying; No you move
We have seen the
evil you pretend does not exist
We know it is there
and our existence is a tribute to that truth
Our existence destroys the illusion you create to make you feel better
You hate us for
that, for showing you that normal only exists in your head
You hate us because
you see what we stand for and you can see us standing
That fact proves
that what you fear in the shadows exists
You have not seen
that evil that stays out of sight because it waits
It waits to pounce
when you get too close
It waits to steal,
kill and destroy when it has opportunity
Our existence, our
place on the outside between you it and is a reminder
A reminder that not
all is well and not all is safe
Your fear of the
wolf is taken out on us and manifested in anger
You see our teeth
and claws and forget we are your protectors
And you confuse us
with the wolf
You hear our bark
and growl and think that we are just making noise
That we are getting
worked up over nothing
We smell the danger,
we see it coming when you cannot
We prepare ourselves
and remain ever vigilant to protect you
Those who have cast
us to the outside, who label us extreme
We wait and we do
our duty when the wolves come in the dark of night
You do not usually
see the clash, the blood bone and marrow
You do not see our
blood, sweat and tears
But when you do in
rare occasion
You run in fear,
once again in what you do not understand
Because you live in
a world made up in your mind
Far removed from the
real one
You keep your
distance and keep us far from your herd
Only noticing us
enough to jeer, mock and condemn
Until the day you
see the wolves, your nightmares in the flesh
Then in that moment
you cry out for us to save you
In the moment you
are thankful and relieved
Until you return to the herd and condemn us for the blood on our fur
And the scars on our
face
You pretend that all
is normal and the wolf you saw was just a bad dream
We are the sheep
dogs
You hate us and wish
we did not exist
Because in your
heart our existence proves reality
We stand ever
vigilant with love and courage in our hearts
With fire and
justice in our eyes
Ever watchful hoping
you never see the wolf
Hoping that we never
have to act
We stand vigilant,
we have seen the wolf and we are ever ready
We are the sheep dog
You may hate us, you
may fear us
It matters not.
We stand
