Talley

feet

soles

pavement

pavement, pavement, pavement

a day

all night

and a day

bearing the standard

in sorrow

for honor

of no greater love

than i have ever seen

I would be his valkyrie

on pavement

for all to see

that they would bear also

the hero 

to

Valhalla

in their hearts

away from life

away from family

Love

which many still enjoy

because of his sacrifice

bear the standard

for his ideals

and their practice

in his agony

willingly chosen

shining drape

over mindless dark

one path oblivion

his path

Beacon

from now on

Unforgotten

©️Sylphide poem 2021

Inspired by the 24 hour long run undertaken by CU students and law enforcement personnel carrying both the American flag and the Thin Blue Line flag to honor Officer Eric Talley. He set the hero's example of rushing into danger to save people he never knew or will know now, because that was the duty he chose over a safer existence.