xprincessbugx Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 I found this online, I dont recall the site but I thought it was really good. That maybe the people that help us the most we overlook because it's their job but we dont really understand the psychological effect it has. I Want To Tell You Lies - The Fireman's poem I want to tell that little boy his Mom will be just fine I want to tell that dad we got his daughter out in time I want to tell that wife her husband will be home tonight I don't want to tell it like it is, I want to tell them lies You didn't put their seat belts on, you feel you killed your kids I want to say you didn't ... but in a way, you did You pound your fists into my chest, you're hurting so inside I want to say you'll be OK, I want to tell you lies You left chemicals within his reach and now it's in his eyes I want to say your son will see, not tell you he'll be blind You ask me if he'll be OK, with pleading in your eyes I want to say that yes he will, I want to tell you lies I can see you're crying as your life goes up in smoke If you'd maintained that smoke alarm, your children may have woke Don't grab my arm and ask me if your family is alive Don't make me tell you they're all dead, I want to tell you lies I want to say she'll be OK, you didn't take her life I hear you say you love her and you'd never hurt your wife You thought you didn't drink too much, you thought that you could drive I don't want to say how wrong you were, I want to tell you lies You only left her for a moment, it happens all the time How could she have fell from there? You thought she couldn't climb I want to say her neck's not broke, that she will be just fine I don't want to say she's paralyzed, I want to tell you lies I want to tell this teen his buddies didn't die in vain Because he thought that it'd be cool to try to beat that train I don't want to tell him this will haunt him all his life I want to say that he'll forget, I want to tell him lies You left the cabinet open and your daughter found the gun Now you want me to undo the damage that's been done You tell me she's your only child, you say she's only five I don't want to say she wont see six, I want to tell you lies He fell into the pool when you just went to grab the phone It was only for a second that you left him there alone If you let the phone ring perhaps your boy would be alive But I don't want to tell you that, I want to tell you lies The fact that you were speeding caused that car to overturn And we couldn't get them out of there before the whole thing burned Did they suffer? Yes, they suffered, as they slowly burned alive But I don't want to say those words, I want to tell you lies But I have to tell it like it is, until my shift is through And then the real lies begin, when I come home to you, You ask me how my day was, and I say it was just fine I hope you understand, sometimes, I have to tell you lies Link to comment
yeawutever Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Wow, very well written poem and yes truth does hurt most of the time, esp. in those tragic situations, were you just want to revert time and wish these things woudl never had happened, unfortunately you can't. Link to comment
dpressedone89 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 can you find the site? i think that poem has the potential to save alot of lives if more people are able to see it, thank you for posting that, if you can find the site please post it, id like to share it with a few people Link to comment
randiandriien Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 I found it... link removed There are a few poems in the midst. Look in the 2nd column and down halfway! Author unknown Link to comment
dpressedone89 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 that link didnt open for me, i have found it here second columb halfway down as well link removed Link to comment
randiandriien Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 that link didnt open for me, i have found it here second columb halfway down as well link removed Hmmm...sorry! Computers are fun aren't they!! Link to comment
dpressedone89 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 they sure are, o well no damage done, there are some great poems on that site but this is my favorite Link to comment
xprincessbugx Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 I'm glad you enjoyed it Link to comment
blueangel Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 That was a great illustration for such a truth. It can be easier to lie. We're all so imperfect- it's what makes us so unhappy. Mistakes can be learned from though. There are so many little moments in life we take advantage of that when something big hits, it can make all those moments add up in a new way towards a new perspective on life. Hope crawls in again during the moments, during time- not during an overall sight of the future. If we could really see everything, all the pain, we wouldn't want to go on. Maybe someday we can create a world without that. Link to comment
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