Emergency Medical Service Workers

Where are you going? The EMS workers are wondering As a thousand screaming people run out The EMS is running in What can we do to help? The EMS workers are asking Helping each other triage, in every way possible. Children are being spoken to in soft voices as Other EMS are putting sheets over their parents' bodies All working together to help the child not see Fully what has happened. Where am I needed? The EMS workers are listening. Hearing what they need to hear, travelling hard and fast To rescue, comfort, and hold someone's hand that last time Because Moms and Dads cannot be everywhere. Grandma's prayers do not always cover everything. Grandpa's sometimes leave their Super Hero suits in the closet So we have angels, spirits, and EMS workers In the form of firemen, policemen, nurses, Doctors, medics, EMTS, and paramedics, Picking up the slack, running in when everyone else is running out, running away, and running amok. They keep us calm, they listen, they encourage, they coax, But mostly they show us the love we need when we need it.