It rains. And I stand here.
The wind howls. And I stand here.
It snows. And I stand here.
The sun shines bright. And I stand here.
But when the klaxon sounds
Calling my fellows from around the town
Then I’m first to our station, another soul to save.
The statue is of a Lifeboat Man. The Royal National Lifeboat Institute is manned mostly by unpaid volunteers. Founded in 1824, it has 238 lifeboat stations around our coast with 444 lifeboats.
*Manned* as in handed, for there are women crewmembers too
crispina kemp 
Such a moving poem Crispina
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Thank you, Sadje. The lifeboat crews mean so much to us folks on the coast
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Yes, these are such wonderful people and must be admired.
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Wonderful work!
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Thank you, Frank. Always, my last minute takes work best. Flows straight from the muse with no interruption from the logical thinking head
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Volunteers contribute so much to society
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And are not appreciated half enough
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Beautiful! They are so important.
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Yes, and living by the sea, I do appreciate it
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How the hell did I miss this one? Well done. People us landlubbers can’t possibly fully appreciate.
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Even living here, it still amazes me how much danger these guys risk to help others.
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I should imagine you would know even more than us! There are heroes of all sorts, aren’t there?
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There are. And an awful lot of dead heroes
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This is true.
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Alas
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🙂
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