Read the Poems
All life was full of joy and hope Within those mighty towers The Great U.S. at peace that day ‘Til struck by Evil Powers. The World Trade Centre stood so proud Before the view turned sour Its mighty structure’s grand design Withstanding nature’s power. Floors rising high a hundred plus With businessmen were filled The finest from New York worked there By holocaust were killed. Hijacked by gangs so cowardly Whose abject faith was hardened The innocent both young and old With terror they were threatened Taunted that they soon would die Without a chance of freedom Forced to tell their wives at home They’re victims for no reason. To kill this way it clearly shows Their heartless actions telling All person of a different breed Are all in line for killing. When soldiers die in times peace They know what risks they’re taking Pearl Harbor showed the price they pay To keep us safely living. These victims were not soldiers trained They posed no threats or dangers Their lives were spilled so needlessly By evil ruthless strangers. The hijacked planes they numbered four With people of all races But one small group in envy stood Who dared not show their faces. Disfranchised from their native homes The land where their ‘True Faith’ reigns Their driven by their flawed ideals As they strike at us with planes. With planes engorged with deadly fuel To cross this continent vast They target what we prize the most Monuments we built to last. The first plane strikes proclaiming WAR! Its flames engulf North Tower Terror grips those trapped inside With black smoke adding horror. As people start to leave their work They rush but not in panic But plane two hits the Southern Tower With loss of life so tragic. But all too soon a third plane strikes This time a moral target But moral only during war In peace we won’t forgive it. It crashes through the Pentagon The heart of our national pride Indifferent to its passengers In cold-blooded homicide. The fourth plane failed to make its kill Brave passengers had fought back They gave their lives courageously To thwart the cowards attack. But three of four a high price claimed With weeks of turmoil bringing To rescue those from deep inside Will take far more than digging. From North to South and East to West The Nation’s now united We will not rest until the day This evil deed’s been righted. So those who dared to poke the stick To wake the sleeping giant As we respond to their attack Will learn we fear no tyrant. We’ll fight to save our way of life Life free from violation And those who bomb AMERICA Imperil their own Nation. |