Every day there was an emergency.
He was a firefighter some thirty years
first response, he witnessed life and death
people in need and on the edge.
He put out fires of one kind or another
every day on shift, ran from one emergency
to another extricating a man from
his crumbled car or performing CPR
on a 10 year old whose last wish was to
go to Disney World.
It’s no wonder now that he’s retired
he’s still putting out fires in one way
or another. He feels he’s wasting his time
when life is going along smoothly
no emergencies, no calls to duty. His
eyes light up and he’s passionate
when there’s a problem to solve or
people who need his help. Once
a firefighter, always a firefighter.
Judy Roney
November 23, 2009
6 comments:
I am sure there is no better person to have on one's side in an emergency, any kind of emergency, than Bill. Your poem says so much so well!
Such a tender poem!
Bill is such an outstanding fire fighter. I would trust my future to him!
Another of those quietly heroic men, to whom heroism is just part of the day's work. Thank God for the Bill's of this world!
Judy this is so inspiring! A wonderful tribute to a wonderful hero! :-)
beautiful,
a firefighter is brave and caring in one's profession.
lovely job.
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