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The Loyal Partner

On an earthly beat, in the black of the night

There walks a man in blue,

But now there is only one

Where once there had walked two.

A dog with watchful eyes

Stands near heaven’s pearly gate,

Though the world sleeps below

And the hour is very late.

As the man in blue walks his beat

The darkness of the night,

Seeks out the weak

A brother to those who fear the light.

Hiding in the shadows

Darkness waits for his chosen one,

Soon he sees the man in blue

His face warmed by the early morning sun.

The dog’s anguished cry

Shatters the calm of the heavenly streets,

Echoing towards the lonely cop in blue

Chasing darkness from the street.

The streets are safe and quiet

For a cop in blue tonight,

As his loyal partner

Protects him from the darkness of the night.

Poem copyrighted © 2004 by Lydia Warner Miller

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