PLEASE PROTECT HIM AS HE GOES OUT, IF HE'S IN TROUBLE GIVE HIM A SHOUT. PLEASE WATCH OVER HIM AS HE SPEEDS AWAY, I KNOW HE WANTS TO GO, BUT I WANT HIM TO STAY. THIS IS A TIME WHEN HE WANTS TO PLAY, I LOVE HIME MORE AND MORE EACH DAY. HE'LL DO THIS EVERYDAY WITHOUT ANY PAY, PLEAS PROTECT HIM WITH CARE IF YOU MAY. HE'LL BE THERE TO PROTECT PEOPLE, PROPERTY, AND LIVES, HELP HIM COMFORT THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. YOU SEE HE IS A FIREFIGHTER, STOPPING FIRES CAUSED BE A LIGHTER, HE'LL RUSH INTO THE BURNING BLAZE, WORKING THROUGH THE SOME AND FIERY MAZE. AND WHEN THE FIRE IS FINALLY OUT, PLEASE MAKE SURE HE'S SAFE WITHOUT ANY DOUBT. SEND HIM HOME TO ME SAFELY, I ADMIRE HIS PRIDE AND BRAVERY. PLEASE PROTECT MY FIREFIGHTER NIGHT AND DAY, I LOVE HIM MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY.


AUTHOR: TARA DUNCAN, FIREFIGHTER/EMT, LYNCH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, DANVILLE, IL
Date: Thursday, August 09, 2001