You Put Yourself in Harm's Way

September 8, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. This week’s theme is professions in honor of Labor Day, which was celebrated on September 4.

Today’s poem is about the profession of first responder (police or firefighters).

I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

You put yourself in harm's way,

Though you might die, that we might live,

The Good Samaritan for pay,

Asked often for what few would give.

Though you might die that we might live,

You make a conscious choice to be

Asked often for what few would give,

And to remain while others flee.

You make a conscious choice to be

The calm, well-trained professional,

And to remain while others flee

To face some danger for us all.

The calm, well-trained professional,

The Good Samaritan for pay:

To face some danger for us all,

You put yourself in harm's way.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/youput.html. For more poems about professions, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/professionspoems.html .

This week’s theme: Professions

September 4: Facts Are Never Simply What Is True

September 5: Therapists Find Fortune in Misfortune

September 6: Nurses Must Be Angels by Profession

September 7: Pastors Are Supposed to Be the Shepherds

September 8: You Put Yourself in Harm’s Way