A Police Wife (By: Ashley Hoppa)

I don't wear a uniform.

I don't have a badge.

I have never been sworn in.

Nor have taken an oath with raised right hand.

My thin blue line is different indeed.

The thin blue line I walk is from behind the scenes.

I stand behind you, so proud and true.

For you are a member of an elite few.

You have sworn to do a duty.

To uphold the law.

To honor, serve, and protect. That is your call.

While the burden you bear is great, 

Mine is nonetheless.

We both carry a very heavy weight.

With hugs and kisses, I smile and say,

Have a good night, all the while hiding my silent fright. 

For every day at 10-41, my burden has yet again begun. 

My goes with you, and all your brothers and sisters in blue.

I pray you will return 10-42.

How do you do it? They say. How can you live life that way?

How can you not worry? How can you not fear?

My answer to them is perfectly clear.

Of course I worry, of course I fear. 

Always wondering if end of watch is near. 

But this is my duty, I say. It's just what we do.

You see, I too bleed blue.

I am proud to say that I live this life. 

Because of the man I love, 

I became a police officer's wife.

By: Ashley Hoppa