After the Sirens

[Verse 1] The wind falls silent. Rain still drifting. Morning wears A different face. Front doors open. Neighbors calling. Checking names From place to place. Boots through puddles. Hands find shoulders. Someone asks, "You folks alright?" No grand speeches. Just quiet answers. "We're all here." "We made the night." [Pre-Chorus] The radios Have fallen silent. The warnings fade With morning light. Now another call Comes softly... Help each other. Make things right. [Chorus] After the sirens... Hope starts walking. Street by street. Hand by hand. One more blanket. One hot coffee. One more neighbor Lends a hand. After the sirens... Life keeps moving. Board by board. Light by light. The storm measured Strength in wind... We measure ours By standing side by side. [Verse 2] A chainsaw echoes. Power's coming. Linemen work From pole to pole. Someone brushes Mud from photographs. Someone finds A family dog. The diner fills With muddy boots. Coffee pours Without a count. Storm chasers Set cameras down. Now they're helping Clean it out. Nobody asks Whose job it is. They simply do What's needed most. A town remembers Who it is... One helping hand From coast to coast. [Bridge] We counted warnings... Now we're counting Each other. Mailboxes straighten. Porches sweep. Children laugh Down battered streets. Lights return. One block at a time. Not because Nothing was lost... Because nobody Stood alone. [Final Chorus] After the sirens... Morning rises. Heart by heart. Home by home. Scars may stay... But so will courage. Hope is stronger When it's shared. The storm Never writes The final page. Together... We do. [Outro] One last truck Heads toward home. Coffee's brewing. Porch lights glow. Somewhere... A child laughs. The sky grows quiet. Tomorrow begins.