Fallen Jakes

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Numerous messages to God since Wednesday…

Bless our brothers, the fallen Jakes

It seems there’s never rhyme nor reason

For whom He decides to take

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Again we’re forced to struggle with the fact

That He’s taken two of our bravest

If we could, we brothers, march to heaven

From Him their souls we’d outwrest

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But such is the fate of the dedicated Jake

Much, much too often

Though they died doing the job they loved

This blow cannot be softened

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It crushes their families, kills their dreams

Of happy times together

They must go on, remembering their souls

Will live with them forever

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We fellow firefighters in the “brotherhood”

Have lost two of our own

Like countless of our brothers before them

It still cuts to the bone

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And lest we forget their brothers in arms

Who fought by their side

Some of whom still lay in hospital beds

Lucky to have not died

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Our hearts may go out to all of the above

For they all suffer today

They’ll pick up the pieces the best they can

Each in their own way

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But our prayers are for the eternal souls

Of two true Boston heroes

Who did their jobs until the very end

Earning them their haloes

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Lt. Tom Kenney - Providence Fire Department

30-August-2007