Amongst The Ashes
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It's more than a job
More than a pastime
It's a passion,
A calling
And a duty
It's to rescue a girl from the burning fire,
And from herself
Whether it's to extinguish the fire from beneath her feet
Or the late nights thoughts in her head at 3 a.m.
It's to save a cat hanging ten feet above,
And return him to a broken family
They're more than a person behind a red truck
More than a friendly wave across the grocery aisle
They're mentors to our children
And lifelines to our safety
They're firefighters,
And they save us from the one thing we know best
Ourselves