The Midnight Train In Georgia

In my mind, I thought that I was still dreaming, but that strange annoying sound, which I was continuing to hear, never stopped!  I truthfully didn’t want to come out of the restful sleep, that I was enjoying, but, that Damned Annoying Sound, simply would not go away!  I realized, that the only way that I was going to stop this loud and constant buzzing, was that I had to get up and see for myself, exactly what it was, that was causing this nerve-racking noise!  Then, do whatever it was, that I had to do, to stop it!  Anger, was the emotion which I was feeling, as I had to slowly come from the sweet restful sleep, that my body so desperately craved!  I slowly opened my eyes, because, I knew that the night-lights, which were located in various places around the bedroom, was going to hurt them, the second I opened them up!  I quietly wished, that I could just go back to sleep and rest, for at/least another week or two!  But, that damned annoying sound, simply would not stop!  No matter how hard I wished that it would!  As I opened my eyes, reality suddenly snatched me by the ass!  My heart started beating frantically, as I realized, that my whole family, was this very second, in extreme danger and if I didn’t move and move quickly, everybody in my house, including myself, was surely going to be carried out of our lovely three bedroom home, in body bags!  I quickly shook my wife Loretta, telling her of the unusual sounds that I was hearing!  At that very second, I realized, that it was the sound of our smoke detector alarming!  As I looked in the direction from which the noise was coming, I saw thick black smoke, slowly oozing under the base of our bedroom door!  Loretta had not quite realized the seriousness of the situation, because she was still moving at her usual snail pace, which pissed me off!  So, I gave her a seriously strong push, that sent her sprawling out of our bed, when she hit the bedroom floor, she actually saw the smoke that was coming under the door for herself!  At that point, she realized that our house was actually on fire!  She then jumped to her feet in a panic mode!  I knew, that I was going to have to take control of this situation!  I told her to get out of the house, through the bedroom window!  As she was following my instructions and heading toward the window, it apparently dawned on her, that our children were still in their bedrooms, because, she started screaming for them!  I yelled at her, telling her to continue getting out of the house!  I would go and get the children!  She never stopped screaming their names, even though, she was doing as I had instructed her to do!  Once she was out of our house safely, it dawned on me, that I was either going to get all of my family out of this now smoldering house safely, or, we were all going to come out of here in body bags, as there was no such thing as a middle of the road in a situation like this!  It was all or nothing at all!  I personally did not feel as if my GOD was quite ready for me at this moment, so, I quickly went about the business, of getting our four children, safely out of this smoke filled house!  I also knew, from previous experience, in the United States Marine Corps, that once a building, or any enclosed structure, filled with smoke, it was just a small matter of time, before what was called a flash over, took place, igniting the dust particles in the air, erupting into super hot flames, which would more than likely, kill everybody, unlucky enough to get trapped inside!  Realizing this fact, I knew, that I could not and that I would not, waste time, getting my children’s clothes, shoe’s, or anything else, which just might make us miss, the small window of opportunity, which I silently prayed, that we still had!