Into the Fire - A Poem

I wrote this poem on September 11, 2011 as a tribute to those that ignored the danger and pulled people from it. It also looks at how some will die trying to save every person, even when they know that it isn't possible.

into the fire, he ran
ignoring danger and fear
into the fire, he went
looking past the horrors
that would break another man
intense blaze and smoke
could not barricade him from duty

in the clean air, he brought two
one on his shoulder, another in tow
but into the fire, he returned
dodging falling debris, he scanned and searched
like a magician walking from nowhere,
he brought forth another terrified soul
and into the fire, he disappeared again

tracking his path to the screams and cries,
two more found his saving embrace
into the fire, his fourth rescue began
he climbed and climbed, weaving through frightened faces
the sixth was heaved by his heroic hands

into the fire, he went
and the tower began to fall
into the fire, he sped
but the building crumbled over him
into the rubble, they dug
and found his broken body
into the ground, he was buried
and forever into our hearts,
he is a hero