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Re: I want to tell you lies..Author unknown. Most of you may have seen this, if not, hope you like it...
WOW. Powerful. Thanks for posting.
Paul
--- SNCISMN Training Section <training@sncismn.com>
wrote:
> Dedicated to all the police officers, EMTs,
> paramedics, emergency flight
> crews, victim's assistants, firefighters, and civil
> servants who deal with
> the tragedies of life and death — the saddest of all
> being those that
> involve children, and could have been prevented.
>
> 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 won't 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 darn 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.
>
> The unknown author then added: Wear your seat belts!
> Keep poisons,
> flammables, fireworks, etc. out of reach of
> children! Keep your smoke alarm
> in operating order, and if you don't have one, get
> one today! Never, ever,
> ever drive if you've been drinking! Never leave your
> toddler unattended!
> Teens, be responsible drivers. Obey all traffic
> lights, posted limits,
> warnings and signals at railroad crossings. Keep
> your guns locked and out of
> reach and buy a trigger guard. Protect our children.
> They are our future. Am
> I preaching? Am I nagging? I guess I am just telling
> it like it is... Or I
> could just tell you a lie.
>
> Kenneth E. (Kenny) O'Rourke
> "Non Nobis Sed Aliis"
> http://www.sncismn.com
>
>
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