As I walk through the valley of smoke and flame
I tell you my friend , this is no game
The fear I feel deep down inside
I must suppress, I must hide
The devil himself
sets doubt in my mind
As I struggle to escape
using the hose line
The thoughts that I think
Of all I may lose
But this is my calling
And this I choose
As the smoke and heat intensify
I cry oh Lord
Please don’t let me die
Then all of a sudden through the door I feel
My brothers hand
In mine it seals
As I struggle to see
Through the mask on my face
I reach for my brother
And there we embrace
At the end of the day
With my family I pray
My sisters and brothers
Please keep from harms way
Written by E.M .Rushton. All copyrights ©️reserved by E M Rushton 2015
# As I Walk Through The Valley
Brave lady xx
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Aww. Thank you Pauline
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A very emotional realistic write! well done!!
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Thank you. It’s easy to write it when you’ve been through it.
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I am sure it is. Have you written your memoirs?
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I have my autobiography and some of my firefighting experiences
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Very good! It is something that should be shared so that these experiences don’t keep repeating themselves!
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Do you mean what happened to me growing up ?
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Yes…
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I’m am new to blogging and trying to find my way. I only post the 1st part because there is so much more to my story. But then I got frustrated because I wasn’t getting any comments or followers. And thought maybe it wasn’t something for me. But I so want my story out there. What you have read is nothing compared to what’s ahead in the rest of it
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When you write your blog on WP go to the little black gear and click on it then on catagories and you can make a list of catagories that people might search. Also add one or two word tags in the box and they also will show up for each blog you post.
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thank you very much
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