Lt. Carter Blake (
lieutenantantichrist) wrote2014-08-10 01:04 am
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[18] [anon text] - "It Doesn't Unbang Your Mom."
Hey. It's too hot to do anything today, so you might as well talk.
What's the worst thing anybody ever did to you?
[That comes first. It's a minute or so before the rest follows.]
What would the dirtbag have to do to make you forgive them?
What's the worst thing anybody ever did to you?
[That comes first. It's a minute or so before the rest follows.]
What would the dirtbag have to do to make you forgive them?
anon text forever;
[Maybe this guy'll believe him when he says this:] I was trying to do the right thing. I was supposed to save him, goddammit.
anon text forever;
Look, stranger. I believe you. It's obvious you know how the world works, and that includes the reality that you just can't win them all.
Maybe some people will say you don't get a gold star just for good intentions and trying hard, but you know what? Those same people would be the ones begging for it if they were the ones who'd had to make the call instead of you.
Don't let it get you down.
anon text forever;
People don't understand what being a cop really means. Everybody thinks they'd have all the facts and know everything you only get from hindsight. They don't realize you have to make decisions in a split second. You don't get to be nice. You don't move fast, people die.
You make mistakes.
But this isn't the kind of thing I can sweep under the rug and forget about.