Cold winters night
Angry wind bites
Crisp snow crunches
The fiery beast strikes

Siren blare loud and clear
Flashing lights blind
House in golfed  in an orange glare
The fight is on , as hose unwind

Waters my friend and my foe
As I am Slipping and sliding
No matter I go
Deep within my fear I am hiding

Hours of work, the fire is drowned
I’m cold to the bone
Saving the house , we were bound
Gear put away , I’m headed home

With chill in the room
I invite the beast in
Black metal box , coals do loom
I light the match , resuscitate again

The beast I fought
And drown to death
I can’t live without
Yet I suffocate it’s breath

Written by E.M.Rushton
June 21 2019