Heart Wrenching But True

[FireCapt1951retired]

I have had this poem on my wall for many years and read it everyday before going on duty. It is so true and so straight to the point.

THE ENEMY

I am more powerful than the combined armies of the world.
I have destroyed more men, women and children than all the
wars of all the nations. I massacre thousands of people every year. I am more deadly than bullets and I have wrecked more
homes than the mightiest guns.

In the United States alone, I steal over 1 billion dollars each
Year. I spare no one and find my victims among the rich and poor, the young and old and the strong and the weak. Widows
know me to their everlasting sorrow. I loom up in such proportions that I cast my shadow over every field of labor.

I lurk in unseen places and do most of my work silently. You
Are warned against me, yet you heed me not. I am relentless,
Merciless and cruel. I am everywhere, in the home, in the schools, in the factories, on land, on sea and in the air.

I bring sickness, degradation and death. Yet few seek me out to destroy me. I crush, I maim, I devastate. I will give you nothing and rob you of all you have.

I AM YOUR WORST ENEMY
I AM RAMPANT FIRE.

Author Unknown

[SFDPREZ]

this poem is going on my office wall , thanks for posting it