Brave Fire Fighter

Gray black smoke
fills the air like a purple haze.

The house is ablaze,
flames shoot out licking
the whiteness of the clouds.
A scarlet ball lights up the sky.

The heat is unbearable.
Furiously a wind gusts through the crowd.

A Fire Fighter appears in the doorway.
He is carrying her,
she is limp in his arms.
She is an expectant mother.
He lays her on the green of grass
in the yard in a safe area.
The Paramedics rush to help her.
The Fire Fighter runs back to fight the blaze.
The Fire Fighter returns, sitting down to

catch his breath, he removes his helmet,
pours water over his face and head.

She raises and walks straight
toward the Fire Fighter.
The others watch, amazed, wondering

what she is going to do?
She faces the Fire Fighter
who carried her from the blazing fire.
This man had saved her life
and the lives of her babies to come.
Her legs are weak and with tits hanging low,
she knows her time is soon.

She kisses the Fire Fighter
and he hugs her neck.
"Good dog!" he says,

as she lays down and her labor begins.
The delivery is made and this
brave Fire Fighter has saved
seven lives this day.

Copyright © 2007 Susan Elaine Graves