To Everyday Unsung Heroes

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To firefighters charging toward danger
     As people run the opposite direction
      To safety; literally walking through 
        Raging fire and smoke to rescue 
 Those trapped inside their burning homes 
                       Thank you

       To social workers, youth mentors
   Doing their best to assist people in need 
      Cope with problems they’re facing 
               To improve their lives
                        Thank you

    To doctors and nurses healing the sick
        And saving lives every single day 
    Notwithstanding the stress of their jobs
                         Thank you

       To the cops serving and protecting
  Our communities; doing their jobs without 
      Ever using excessive or deadly force
                         Thank you

      To those volunteering at food pantries
     Providing goods for low-income families
      Or even poorer people; unlikely to be 
      Thanked by Academy Award winners
                         Thank you


      To those intrepid American soldiers still 
  Engaging enemy combatants in the battlefield
      For the love and service of their country
      Leaving none of their fallen infantrymen 
                     Behind in trenches
                           Thank you


Date written and posted: 04/18/2019

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