Motor Officers...

It sounds like thunder far away, but the skies are blue and bright...
And soon they crest the hill nearby, and ride into our sight.
They shake the ground with powerful sound, and they make some hearts beat fast...
They look so proud and noble, like Knights come from the past.

Side by side, they always ride, and seem to move as one...
From early in the morning light, to the setting of the sun.
And children point and wave to them, from cars that pass them by...
And young ones ask their parents, why the men have mirrors for eyes.

They ride the roads, and fight for good, and defend small ones like you...
They ask to ride, and do with pride, and sometimes they are few.
Like men of steel, on silver wheels, they sparkle in the light...
then with a roar and rumble, they ride out of our sight.

Sometimes when one has fallen, never to ride again...
You can hear the others calling, like thunder on the wind.
Side by side, they slowly ride, and their thunder is a mournful sound...
And the mirrors hide their eyes from us, when teardrops fall to ground.

So if you see one riding, and you look into his face...
You see your reflection in his eyes, you know that you are safe.
For motormen are a special breed, they love to ride the wind...
And when you hear the thunder boom, the fallen ones ride again.

İRon Walker October 25, 1998

Dedicated to all the Motor Officers of the World... I recently had the honor to run across this poem used in a post to a fallen Officer. It was posted as "Author unknown". Please post my name if you use it as the Author. Although I'm not one of the active Brothers now, I still like to know I have helped in some way and be remembered too. I left the Motor Division and Police Work in 1997, I wrote this after some other Motor Officers died in the line of duty. Please give me credit if you use it, I still want to feel a part of all of you... Ron Walker (Former Police Motorcycle Instructor, Motor Unit 222, Prattville,Al.) Completed the IPTM Motorcycle Instructors Course in Jacksonville, Fl with many fine Officers from around the Country.

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