The Monument

I never dreamed it would be me,

My name for all eternity,

Recorded here at this hallowed place,

Alas, my name, no more my face.

"In the line of duty," I hear them say;

My family now the price will pay.

My folded flag stained with tears;

We only had those few short years.

The badge no longer on my chest,

I sleep now in eternal rest,

My sword I pass to those behind,

And pray they keep this thought in mind.

I never dreamed it would be me.

And with a heavy heart and bended knee:

I ask for all here from the past,...

Dear God, let my name be the last.

George Hahn, Los Angeles PD (ret)