Before The Siren Fades Away Poem by Jim Yerman

We heard the siren before we saw it…an ambulance coming our way
and we hoped for a miracle for the person inside…
That is…until the siren faded away.

For you see we did not know the person
and it only troubled our day…
for a moment..
just an instant
until the siren faded away.

In that instant we wondered what might have happened
what threw their world into disarray?
But we quickly forgot about them
when the siren faded away.

And I thought how sad we are so detached from one another
It is a sign of the times in our world today…
We are wistful, at first, when tragedy strikes another
but lose sight of them when the siren fades away.

We have forgotten how we are all one family
I hope that all will change one day…
and we will care about each other
even after the siren fades away…

So now when I hear the siren
of an ambulance coming my way
I will still hope for a miracle for the person inside
before the siren fades away…

But in a world that is so divided
disconnected in many ways
I will also be praying for a second miracle
before the siren fade away.