ANIMATE
Socking
the gruesome sight crowded,
Billowing
dark fumes, tongues of fire,
Burning
the high-rise building houses,
Loud
cries of people at height waving,
The
specter pleading for help saving a life,
Who
are you uniformed men daring,
Fighting
sparing own life rises on a ladder,
Pour
water jet through windows, balconies,
Enters
into smoking windows daredevil,
High
apartment lives choked unconscious,
No
way to come down life closed,
Staircases
engulfed by fire confined,
Clueless
trying to jump to death,
The
wrong choice to save life fail decision,
Just
this moments enter these men,
Lifts
limbs drained out of energy,
Through
rope ladder platform rescue,
Hours
of these horrible scene fight,
Continues
till the deathly inferno off,
Extinguished
the fire, charred lives,
Devastated
families, horrible death occur,
A
life that matters a few seconds save,
The
blackened faces burning eyes search,
Recover
senseless, dying children, babies,
Spine
chilling actions wordless achieve,
The
saga of firefighters amid ruins,
Crawl
among amber, intense heat,
The
action final, end operations, back,
A
big megapolis explosions miles away,
Fire
and black smoke touches the sky,
Destroyed
adjacent buildings, traffic,
Cordon
off the entire crowd, danger zone,
Bystander
observes people agitated,
Burning
people within the fuel station,
Shouting
excited pushing the rope,
Blocked
by these death-defying men,
Cool,
and calm, highly trained,
Managing
irate crowd make way,
Let
the vehicles firefighter move in,
Fire
extinguishers spray chemicals,
A
more dangerous place may explode,
Trembles
me they walk through smolder,
Fight
the operation nerve-wracking,
The
toxic fume, heat, live working,
A
few days the hell fire put-off now,
Leaves
devastation, destruction,
A
few lives were lost, wounded rescued,
Savior
of human life unlisted,
News,
how many survived, property saved,
These
brave men disappear like a ghost,
Look
at them have worried families,
Purposefully
children kept out of father,
It
happens such savior succumbs,
Wait,
family desperate heard the news,
Sacrificed
the life, not at war field,
But
saving own people in dire threat,
No
way means the job, skill, and courage,
Tearful
inks saluting immortal spirits,
Walking
on a road footpath traffic jam,
Listen
to blaring sirens speeding cars,
Divided
the road to the side, opens fast,
Blocked
green signals to halt let fire-men,
The
men in helmet stand ringing the bell,
The
eyes of people viewing them,
Standstill
on a footpath, drivers notice,
I
found these faces animate unique,
Rarely
I saw these hopeful eyes sparkle,
Praying
for their spirit salute bravery,
Animate
the air fast and quick happen,
Lingers
deep gratitude a fire has shaken
Pen:
Bijayananda Mishra
Title
of Poem: Animate
Themes:
Firefighters an enigma
Date:
19th January 2023, Cuttack
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