(c) Kalvere. All rights reserved
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 damn 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
~Kal The Rebel~
Dedicated to all the Police Officers, Firefighters, EMTs, Paramedics,
Emergency Flight Crews and all 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.
Wear your seat belts...
Keep posions, flammables, fireworks, etc. out of reach of children...
Keep your smoke alarm in operating order, if you don't have one, get one...
never, 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 RR crossings...
Keep your guns locked out of reach, 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 lies.
~Kalvere
(c) Copyrighted to Kalvere. Do not reproduce without Author's permission.
Kalvere is from Minnesota, and would welcome any comments at the following
e-mail address: Kal The Rebel@aol.com
Used with permission. If you see this poem anywhere without the author's name
and copyright information, it is being used without the author's knowledge or
consent.
This Awesome picture was taken in
Bitteroot National Forest in Montana on August 6, 2000.
The photographer, John McColgan, is a fire behavior
analyst from Fairbanks, Alaska. He took the picture
with a digital camera.
Because he was working
at the time he took the picture he cannot profit
from it; however, we feel the picture is a
once-in-a-lifetime shot and should be
shared.
I would like to thank these people for all they do!
My Favorite Web sites
Iroquois County Sheriff's Department
City of Watseka
Watseka Fire Department
Watseka Police Department
Home
Meet Kloie age 2 died 8/28/2000
Harbor House
Watseka Baptist Church
F-I Public Health Dept.
Iroquois County State's Attorneys Office
Watseka Community High School
Capstonebank
Iroquois County, Illinois Community Information Center
The Watseka Network
American Red Cross of Iroquois County,
WGFA Radio
Iroquois County Genealogy
The Iroquois County Genealogical Society
Iroquois Memorial Hospital
Judge Youck
Prairienet.org
Watseka Public Library
Lincoln Trail Libraries System
Iroquois-Kankakee Regional Office of Education
