Fire At Firework Display Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Fireworks were great while they lasted, beautiful to look at,
then suddenly they stopped, everyone wondering why, when an
announcement came over the loudspeaker.

'There has been a fire', smoke was flowing into the night sky,
everyone expecting the fireworks to begin again, but they did
not.

Fire department was called, people started a mass exodus
for the exit gate, cars could only go east out the gate for
the road was blocked off by fire trucks.

Still sitting here, stadium lights on across the field to
shine in the darkness, children excited, playing frisbee,
tossing balls, running, dancing.

Enjoying this evening in spite of the fire, people able
to adapt to just about any situation in life, no one hurt,
all is good.

Some people are slowly walking to their cars, not thinking
ahead, because soon they will all be caught up in the after-
math of a traffic jam.