A box of matches That’s one part A want to be a hero The darker ingredient A furtive strike To a tinder spot Careful watch To ensure the catch Then crafty retreat To the safe seat The calculated wait For the manageable blaze Then the raised alarm Proud of profession But the fire starter Hid His secret obsession Then a bluster of action Command and control Extinguishers mustered Hoses deployed Dousing commenced But heroic attempts Failed in the mission As mistakes had been made And fire was much stronger And needed brigade Disaster would follow Danger extreme and the tables turned as water to stream and the smoke though dense couldn’t conceal the villain revealed.
