If Heaven Needs a Fireman

Today I got a visit
from a policeman hat in hand
I need to see your mommy
His saddened voice command

He said he had a gift for me
That Daddy said to bring
but when he reached out with the gift
I saw a funny thing

It was a little fire truck
Like none I saw before
with all the windows wrinkled up
and the paint bubbled on the door

I thought the man was joking
but when mommy reached the door
She saw the little fire truck
and then fell to the floor

She knew it was from daddy
As she cried there on the rug
and wrapped me in her gentle arms
and squeezed me with a hug

I told her it would be ok
the truck was not that bad
and if anyone could fix it
then we both knew it was dad

But then she cried much harder
I'd never seen mommy this sad
so I looked up at the officer
and told him please go find my dad

The officer just stood there
with the tears in his own eyes
then with the trembling in his words
he said, Look to the Heavens skies

That tiny little truck you hold
in your daddy's pocket found
was a bright and shiny fire truck
untill the fire knocked him down

He was on the second story
in a building full of flames
and the people that he saved today
would make a list of names

But then with out a warning
at least none he could see
The floor came out from under him
Which is why they have sent me

He said you shouldn't worry
and that things will be ok
cause Heavens full of fire trucks
for all their neat parades

He said dad would get a new truck
full of shiny lights and horns
and every night when the sun goes down
a new parade of stars is born

he said look into the stars tonight
for the brightest one you see
and when I find it twinkles back
my daddy's waving back at me

So I closed my eyes real tight
and told God as I pray
That if Heaven needs a Fireman
That my Daddy's on his way

Author = Douglas Q. Plew