September 11, 2001…

So very much more than the obvious happened that day…

That day…a people, separated by politics, religion, color and creed, became one…

That day…voices, once silent, rose above the din of jet engines, crumbling buildings and screams, and said, ‘We shall not stand for this!’…

That day…Faith, Hope, Honor, Love, Courage and Unity rose from the ashes…

That day…grace took grief by the hand…

A tribute to those who lost their lives, and to those who gave their lives trying to save them…

Just Another Ordinary Day

It was just an ordinary day

In the greatest city in the world

There were those who were at work

Or dropping kids off at their schools

The sun was shining brightly

The sky, a brilliant blue

And they were doing all the normal things

That people normally do

Amid the hustle and the bustle

New Yorkers carried on

For little they did know

3000 lives would soon be gone

I won’t rehash the madness

Of that horrifying day

For it’s etched within our memories

Where it will forever stay

I will say, though, that it changed us

And we never more shall be

Unguarded and unwary

No more complacency

Together we will conquer

United we will stand

bin Laden could not break us

In solidarity we will band

And, always, we will remember

The evil that touched this land

On that day filled with such sadness

The day that grace took grief by the hand…

SCW 09/08

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Please, pray for peace.