Poems by Columbus Firefighter

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  • Sirens sound! He awakes with a start and hastily...
    Thumping of footsteps, motors churning, directions...

  • NEXT TO THE BIG FIRE TRUCK I STOOD.
    MY THROAT WAS SCRATCHY, MY LEGS FELT LIKE WOOD...

  • I HAVE NO AMBITION IN
    THIS WORLD BUT ONE, AND...

  • He is your next door neighbor or maybe a friend
    Someone, when needed, you can always depend...

  • The world needs men and women...
    who cannot be bought...

  • Studying for years and years
    Watching the effects and the devastating tears...

  • The alarm rang, as it had so many times before.
    He was the first of the fireman up and out...

  • I am more than the combined Armies of the World. I...
    I AM UNCONTROLLED DESTRUCTIVE FIRE...

  • He is the guy next door - a man is man with the...
    He has never gotten over the excitement of engines...

  • The firefighter stood and faced his God, Which...
    He hoped his shoes were shining, Just as brightly...

  • I remember my first fire call as if it were
    yesterday. I was sitting at home when the...

  • Sorry if we woke you in the middle of the night
    But someone in your neighborhood is fighting for...