where there's smoke, there's fire
what happens when the ordinary
take on the impossible
risking their lives
to save others
make the climb, take the plunge
the scared flee their homes
clinging to words of the play-by-play
of the media
pressure builds as fire nears
no orders to flee
the ordinary become extraordinary
through actions and deeds
fate is not kind
the might of flame and wind
extinguish lives
listen to the voices in the wind
they are one with the fire
one with the elements
and delivered to heaven
our prayers barraging them
the nineteen
Although the poem is focused on the heroic nineteen firefighters, prayers go out to all impacted by the destruction of the blaze in Arizona.