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 asked 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
She said, 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

Author Unknown
Contributed by Lisa Peters
Thanks Lisa!

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