We as a nation are stunned and shocked, outraged and in fear.
We mourn for those already known and those remaining to be found. We weep for
their families and for those rescue workers who died trying to save lives. We
will weep forever more.
*hugs & hope*
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The Day the Towers Crumbled
By Doc
It began as any other day
Clear and bright no one thought
Things would go this way
The planes came down
And crashed right through
The towers stood firm
But many blasts blew
People are dying and buildings crumble
"How could this happen?" Everyone says
We're the bright, beautiful
U.S. of A.
The buildings come tumbling
The fires burn with fury
People are in hysterics
Who has chosen to be our jury?
We know we aren't liked
And many envy
But why must this happen
This horror, this tragedy
The disaster has happened
Our great buildings are now gone
Hard to think only a year ago
Before them I stood
God bless the families
The hurt and the dead
Bring them to you and
Lay your healing hand
Now lets stand together, the
Strong and the weak
Let's show them that no matter
How hard they hit us,
They'll never get us down
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show support and
hope and to tell everyone
that we will not
go gently into that good night!
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Through A Child's Eyes
By crazyevildru
"Why
are you here?" She asked me, as I stood there near tears, ready to take her
home. Ready to embrace her and thank the goddess that she was alive and in my
arms. Ready to forgive all she'd done and times she'd lied. "Because of
the crash?"
"Yes.
Because of the crash." I replied as we walked to the car.
She
doesn't comprehend how far reaching the crash was or why. She doesn't
understand that as the tower fell, thousands died. She doesn't know that people
were widowed and left childless. People lost their best friends and lovers.
People lost their grandparents and boyfriends and brothers. *We* lost brothers
and sisters, lovers and friends, parents and grandparents. And we will never be
the same.
Luckily,
she won't understand this for years to come, when she learns of the crash in
social studies class. When there are definite numbers of how many who died and
there's a monument at the site of senseless murders.
And for
what?
Perhaps
the books she reads in high school will give her the answers we're desperately
seeking. Perhaps those books will somehow make it right. Perhaps those books
will provide her some comfort we crave.
But for
her, it's a crash.
For us, it's devastation. Complete. Utter. And
never-ending.
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"A
great people has been moved to defend a great nation." -George W. Bush |
|
"This
is yet another day that will live in infamy." -Channel 11 News Anchor |
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The Test
By Jesca
As I lay me down to rest,
I pray my country will pass its test.
For today with billowing smoke
A cowardly few try to make us a joke.
While twin sisters tumble and fall
America rises up to answer the call.
We will not tremble, we will not hide
We will unite with trust and pride.
While Earth's lowest play with lives
Taking husbands from their brides,
Making widows and orphans survive
With their loved ones they're deprived
America will stand tall and true
We will live through what they put us through.
We will stand proud we will stand tight
All as one we will unite.
Our test is simple in its plan
We must hold tightly to God's hand
Let his power flow to us
Lets not fail him in our trust
Instead of striking in blinded rage
God help us to see clear through the haze
And when we strike to foil our foes
Let us strike true to mirror the blows.
But if in rage we fire at will
I pray that innocents we do not kill.
I pray that God will see us through
And in the end our spirit is true.
For as terrible the sight of the sister's fall
We cannot let is blind us all.
When America's soul is at rest,
I pray our hearts have passed the test.
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"Little Plastic
Castles" fiction (Buffy/Spike/Dawn hear the news) by Marie-Claude
"September 11"
fiction (Buffy/Dawn deal) by crazyevildru
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