[ Dear Marianno ]
[ Here A Few Things That I Thought You Should Know ]
[ If I Was Talking To My Favorite Caregiver ]
[ I Would Talk Really Slow ]

[ Before You & Your Heroic Friends Came ]
[ We Never Knew When The Fires Would End ]
[ Or Would We Ever See Rain ]

[ Everyone Would Shout ]
[ That They Had Doubt ]
[ About ]
[ When The Fires Would Be Put Out ]

[ It Took More Than Effort & Water To Take Those
     Fires Apart ]
[ It Took A Whole Lot Of Heart ]

[ You Don’t Fight Those Fires On A Dare ]
[ So What Incentive Got You Out There? ]
[ You Risk Your Lives Because You Care ]

[ You Care About The Thousands Of People That You Will
     Never Meet ]
[ You Fight The Good Fight Until You Hurt ]
[ From The Top Of Your Head Clear Down To The Bottom Of
     Your Feet ]
    
[ It Is NOT Because Of The Big Paychecks That You Get ]
[ & You Know That You Can’t Control How These Fires Are Set ]

[ But The Paychecks ARE Nice ]
[ Sometimes They Make You Look Twice ]
[ But It Is Not Worth The Ultimate Price ]

[ Watch Out For Falling Branches & Fire In The Roots ]
[ & Ground So Hot ]
[ You Can Feel It Through Your Boots ]

[ You Look Up High ]
[ Towards The Sky ]

[ & Low ]
[ @ The Ground ]
[ You Have To Be Aware Of How The Winds Blow ]
[ & Which Way It Goes Around ]

[ It Is Way Overdue ]
[ & They Finally Caught A Clue ]
[ On How They Can Better Treat You ]

[ Putting You Up In A Good Hotel ]
[ So You Could Shower ]
[ & Hopefully Letting You Sleep Well ]
[ So You Can Fight Back The Power ]
[ That Makes Your Sounding Scenery Look Like Hell ]

[ Are You Tired Of All Of The Fun? ]
[ Of Always Being On The Run? ]

[ When Will It Stop? ]
[ When Will The Fire Stop Going ( POP, POP, POP? ) ]

[ It Is Amazing How Much Damage Can Be Caused By One
     Single Lightning Strike ]
[ It Does Not Do Anything That You Like ]

[ I Have To Say How Much I Am Amazed ]
[ By The Effort & Work Ethic ]
[ Of A Young Man Your Age ]

[ All Of You Guys Are Super Hero’s To All Of Us Plain Folks ]
[ Hiding In Our Homes ]
[ When The Wind Blew In All Of The Smoke ]
[ So Wherever You’d Go ]
[ You Always Chocked ]

[ But You Guys Are Beating That Fire & Turning It Into
     Itself ]
[ So It Can’t Burn Anything Else ]

[ You Get In There Like You Are In A Fight ]
[ Beginning @ Your Early Morning Light ]
[ Until Well Into The Night ]

[ Half Ass Effort Is Never Enough ]
[ But Like They Say About The Astronauts ]
[ You ALL Are Made Up Of THE RIGHT STUFF! ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎ 
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[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]