With solemn words I do now write
A small prayer for officers today
That work in Corrections—despite
The harm they face each day—
Law enforcement in their hearts
As they enforce these laws
Though not as known as their counterparts
They too— deserve applause
With sincere knowledge that I’ve known
To testify and attest
Is that they are the backbone
To law enforcements best
National Correctional Officers Week is here
To celebrate and now show
That correctional officers face more fear
That we will ever know
With solemn words I do now mean
With everything I have said
That Correctional officers are seen
To restrain the very fears we dread
On this week I wish to honor them
Spreading awareness of all they do
Though it’s not enough room in this poem—
To say a big enough— Thank You!
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And stand strong in times of adversity
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Katrenia Busch is a former correctional
officer for the State of Wyoming after being
recruited, later took her MCOLES for
Michigan Law Enforcement and now is a
Freelance Film Critic for Hollywood Weekly
Magazine, former editor for Aware Earth an
an investigative journalist for The Total
Plug. Some of her published works can be
found in the Screech
Owl, Literature
Today, Riverrun, Literary
Yard, Poetry
Super-Highway, Police
Writers, Westward Quarterly,
Dark Elements, The Feeel magazine among
others. She published an essay on
psychoanalysis and is a Peer-Reviewer for
The American Psychological Association,
reviewing journals such as Psychology
of Consciousness: Theory, Research and
Practice and
she has also published articles on the
national healthcare system for Senior
Care Quest.
