i'm the police

I'm the police.
And I'm here to arrest you.
You've broken the law.
I did not write the law.
I may even disagree with the law.
But I will enforce it.
No matter how you plead, cajole,
beg or attempt to stir my sympathies,
nothing you do will stop me from placing
you in a steel cage with grey bars.
If you run away, I will chase you.
If you fight me, I will fight back.
If you shoot at me, I will shoot back.
By the law,
I am unable to walk away.
I'm a consequence.
I am the unpaid bill.
I am fate with a badge and a gun.
Behind my badge is a heart like yours.
I bleed.
I think.
I love.
And yes, I can be killed.
And although I'm but one man...
... I have thousands of brothers and sisters
who are the same as me.
They will lay down their lives for me.
And I them.
We stand watch together.
A thin blue line.
Protecting the prey
from the predators.
The good from the bad.
We are the police.