Sirens

We all feel pain! But what is pain that is not physical but seen in blackened faces, tortured minds, glistening eyes that surely mean - pain … emotional - heart wrenching, disbelieving, coming from the aftermath to accompany the grieving, where time - eternal time, decries to halt the mental strain, though cannot steal the call to mind - but ease the awful pain. And pain is real - each time a call for help echoes through the open door, where the unknown is imagined - is there tragedy or not? Therefore the pain returns - for it’s been felt before. There is concern with every siren that alerts the road ahead. Do I know them? Are they mates? Are they alive or dead? So there is pain no matter who - police, fire or the ambulance, for the victim - the wretched victim - could be a friend by chance.

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Judy Ball

Date: 8/25/2020 4:07:00 AM

So very true my friend. Whenever there is a call for help you never know if it could be a friend or relative. Or perhaps someone else who just needs you right now and you MUST go to them. Great write my friend. God Bless, JB

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/25/2020 5:51:00 PM

Hello Judy ... oh yes. Offering comfort before the ambulance arrives helps enormously in calming a patient. Thank you once again Judy - Lindsay

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 8/20/2020 11:38:00 AM

Our house we sold, had a farm on the one side and a main road on the other, as we were a corner house. The ambulances that screeched past everyday was horrific and if I had family on the road I always used to phone them, an accident can happen, a second away from your house, not to mention accidents outside our home, some horrific. Always very sad to imagine how their families will feel when informed. A sad but true to life write Lindsay. Well penned my friend. Blessings, Jennifer.

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/25/2020 5:47:00 PM

Hello Jennifer ... thank you once again. I felt hearing a siren was worrying, but when it was turned off the question was who is it. I suppose there is two ways of looking at it, but we always think the worst - thank you Jennifer - Lindsay

Harry Horsman

Date: 8/19/2020 1:47:00 AM

Love the way you have gone about constructing this wonderful heartfelt poem, It is the same yet so different, in that it truly strike home for this reader anyway...and i'm sure to many more that read it....

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/19/2020 6:54:00 PM

Hello Harry ... like your poems, your comments are always insightful and interesting Harry - thanks once again for dropping in - Lindsay

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 8/17/2020 6:06:00 PM

I have always hated the sound of sirens, yes they make us wonder and fear. That is why we need to pray for courage and strength, lovely verse dear Laurie, thank you for sharing. Have a great evening.

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/19/2020 6:45:00 PM

Hello Pixie ... it was a pleasure to share this verse. They are so real in our daily lives but we can never used to them - thank you Pixie - Lindsay

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 8/16/2020 11:57:00 AM

This is an incredible write, Lindsay! I guess there are many of us who get these thoughts when they hear the sirens. As you say, the victim could be a friend, we just don't know. Thanks for sharing this wonderful poem. Hugs, Carolyn

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/19/2020 6:48:00 PM

Hello Carolyn ... your comment is very encouraging, and yes I must agree; to hear one can put the seeds of doubt in our minds - thanks again Carolyn - Lindsay

Tom Cunningham

Date: 8/15/2020 8:59:00 PM

Quite a thought provoking verse Lindsay.

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/19/2020 6:43:00 PM

Hello Tom ... I too believe it is. Hearing one creates worry - thanks again Tom - Lindsay

Heidi Sands

Date: 8/15/2020 5:16:00 PM

It is alarming to hear the sirens and you have brought us into their throughts. Well written Lindsay. :)

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/19/2020 6:41:00 PM

Hello Heidi ... sirens are a very relevant warning in our lives and need all the respect for what they represent - thank you Heidi - Lindsay

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/15/2020 3:34:00 PM

Very nicely done, my friend. Gosh, I thought maybe this one was gonna be a humorous one on mermaids or something. Instead I got one very thoughtful and deep!

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/19/2020 6:38:00 PM

Hello Andrea ... sometimes I divert off my favoured track and take a serious tone on life. I guess most writers like to wander a bit - thanks again Andrea - Lindsay

Rico Leffanta

Date: 8/15/2020 2:10:00 PM

You would be SO disappointed if you visited Waikiki, where very few drivers will pull over to allow ER vehicles to pass. Those drivers must be the same people who refuse to wear a mask to protect their loved ones! Aloha! Rico

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/19/2020 6:36:00 PM

G'day Rico ... with so many people slipping into E generation syndrome, gone is the thought about protecting others - couldn't agree with you more Rico - Lindsay

Janice Canerdy

Date: 8/14/2020 6:13:00 PM

I live in a really small town, but I hear a LOT of sirens. Your poem conveys a moving message about how powerful a force pain is. Janice

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/19/2020 6:33:00 PM

Hello Janice ... I too live in a very small town, so a siren is always a concern and can be very painful indeed - thank you Janice - Lindsay

M. L. Kiser

Date: 8/13/2020 4:25:00 PM

"There is concern with every siren that alerts the road ahead." There truly is, as a kit in school I was taught to say three hail mary's every time we heard sirens. Have you any idea of how many I've said in my lifetime? Siren's I guess, will always be unnerving. A good thought-provoking write.

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/19/2020 6:31:00 PM

Hello M.L. ... thank you M.L. A siren certainly does make us stop and think, and near always with a negative thought - Lindsay

Sigrid Ermine

Date: 8/13/2020 7:49:00 AM

Hi Laurie. Your empathetic tone implores readers to share it.

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/19/2020 6:26:00 PM

G'day Sigrid ... thank you for reading and commenting. Possibly Sirens do affect us all in some way when we hear them - catch you soon Sigrid - Lindsay

Gershon Wolf

Date: 8/12/2020 7:55:00 PM

Those sirens kind of stop us in our tracks, and make us take a step back, don't they. Almost like death in terms of coming to grips with life --- but a pause, instead of a full stop. Thanks for posting this, Lindsay. Much food for thought. Best wishes, Gershon

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/19/2020 6:24:00 PM

Hello Gershon ... thank you for your comment Gershon. When we hear a siren we assume somebody in trouble - thanks Gershon - Lindsay