Analysis of Don’t Judge Me



When you tell your families "see you tonight" as you leave for work, you mean it.
When I tell my family that, I pray that I will and hope they believe it.
When you're scared you call me, when I'm scared, I have no one to call on.
While you sleep with your spouse, mine is sleeping alone.
So think before you judge, and ask yourself do you really know me?
I work very long hours for very little pay,
I get no respect for what I deal with every day.
Look at me and think whatever you may,
but in your time of need, know I'm on my way.
When you've watched a person die,
or you've heard a battered baby cry,
Then do you think that you could be all these things you ask of me?
No matter what I think of you, I will never fail to do my best,
I will still lay down my life for you, to this I attest.
My life for yours, does that seem fair, ask my family if you dare.
It's the career I've chosen and some still don't understand,
It's about helping others when they need that helping hand.
So stop and think before you place judgement on me,
What would you do if I judged you in your time of need?
If I turned my head or walked away based on what I see,
Who would you call, where would you go, and more importantly where would your life be?


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Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,231
Words 272
Sentences 13
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 21
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 45
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 935
Words per stanza (avg) 252

About this poem

This poem was written about my career and some of the sacrifices that come with it.

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Written on August 02, 2006

Submitted by nlacey216 on December 03, 2023

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Wendy Nichols

Hi, I am from Tennessee, I'm 44 years old, a mother of two beautiful twins, a grandmother of identical twin girls, and one grandson. I have always loved to write; it's always been a way for me to get somewhere quiet and just relax. Writing has become an outlet for me to get things off my mind and vent a little through that writing. All of the poems I write are from actual events that have occurred in my life. I am a Police Captain over my departments Criminal Investigatio@n Division. I’ve been in law enforcement for many years and I still love what I do. The downside to my job is having to see the bad, angry, and emotional side of life's tragedies that most people never have to see, thankfully. Not all of my poems are about work, some are about my personal life and the experiences I have faced. If you read my poems I hope you enjoy them and I want to Thank you for taking the time to read them. I hope readers can relate to some of my poems, and the others I hope you never have to relate to at all. more…

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