Siren Songs

Sirens sang seductive songs
In ancient myths from Greece.
When you heard their melodies,
You couldn’t rest in peace.

Modern sirens interrupt
The flow of our routine.
Danger! is what they announce
And we know what they mean.

If coming from an ambulance
Or fire truck, they say,
“I’m in a rush, so hurry up
And clear out of my way!”

When air-raid sirens blared in wars,
That meant to get inside,
So citizens out on the streets
Would quickly run and hide.

The sirens’ modern meaning
With the past we can compare;
In either case, a siren’s song
Is telling us – beware!