"Freeze, Hands up where I can see them."
He has said those words a thousand times
Being a cop of course he has
However, no matter how good his future is
His past was dark
Theift
Arson
Drug dealing
He did it all
Making easy money, at high risks
He never thought he'd get caught
He thought it'd last forever
The easy money
The thrill of the escape
That is what drew him into that life
He thought he'd never get caught
They caught him
It was while he was in jail
That his life began to change
It was slow and took a couple of years
But it happened
When he first got to jail
He was like all the other punks in there
Started fights
Caused trouble
Got into fights
Slowly he became the one
Who stopped the fights and the trouble makers
He stated talking to the prison Chaplin more
Then one day decided it was time
To turn his life around
He started acting better
But not just Acting, everything about him began to change
His additude
His personality
The way he talked
It all changed
Finally he was up for perole and was approved
He left jail with a new since of perpose
A new since of who he was
He lived in an apartment and worked at a near by grocery store
One day the store got robbed
When the robber started to flea
He jumped him and held him down untill the cops came
He knew this is what he wanted to do
He talked to the store manger
Who agreed he would make a fine cop
The next day He went to the police station
and said he wanted to join
At first the officer in charge (knowing the man's background) thought he was joking
But decided to let him join
All through police academy
He excelled in every area of the job
It looked like he had a bright future ahead of him
in law enforement
At graduation
He graduated with top honors and
Was the head of his class
Now after all these years
He has never second guessed his choice to be a cop
Not even when hunting down those he used to call friends
He uses his knowledge of the world of crime
To help catch the criminals
Though his past was dark
His future is bright and forever will be
His experience and knowledge of the world of crime
Has proven quite valuble
