Dog Dies Saving Baby Girl

A true hero is one who can overcome his or her fears

Not to flee when deadly danger suddenly appears

To fight the survival urge when  someone else needs help to from the danger survive

To know and stay when one knows he or she may not also get out alive

Parents act without hesitation to their children try to protect

Soldiers in combat at great risk will sacrifice themselves to mortal injuries deflect

Firefighters and a group so often by the BLM demonized and maligned

The brave officers who are known as civilization’s Thin Blue Lines

Put their lives at risk every day as part of the job’s routine

Never will know when this stop will be the one the reaper intervenes

Humans we now find do not have the monopoly to sacrifice their lives to others protect

A man’s best friend also for a family member the sacrificial path may elect

A house in Baltimore burst into flames with an 8 month old baby girl inside

With a mother frantically clawing on the door outside

Polo a six year old dog could have left the girl’s bedroom

To escape the fire’s oncoming certain doom

Instead this dog with his body protected her from the heat and flames

Until the firefighters could the fire finally tame

Polo could not be revived, the little girl could and is in serious condition

If there is a dog heaven, Polo should be a welcome and deserved addition

Friends and probably strangers maybe motivated by the loss of a hero dog

Have already raised over 25 grand for her care on a go fund me blog

© August 21, 2016, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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