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One by One

April 17, 2013
By BlueCannons3030 GOLD, Alleman, Iowa
BlueCannons3030 GOLD, Alleman, Iowa
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Favorite Quote:
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pain. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.<br /> -C.S. Lewis


One fateful day, in 2001,
Tragedy struck, reality spun
Onlookers gasped, as the giants, they fell.
One by one tower, the world went to hell.

Smoke filled the air, along with the screams
the terrorists tore the world at its seams
Horror and pain, with frightened shouts came,
as the behemoths fell, plane by plane.

Families cried, with friends by their sides
Strangers made furious, by so much loss of life
funerals came, no bodies to bear
One by one lost, in the ceaseless nightmare.

but the nightmare has ceased, in spite of the pain
but the anger it left, has still not been slain
as a nation in grief, we swore we would rise
one by one, we offer our cries.

On that one fateful day, when we’d been surprised,
we turned on our heels, we covered our eyes.
but with the horror of that day now in full sight
One by 400million stand, with America’s might



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on Apr. 23 2013 at 2:55 pm
BlueCannons3030 GOLD, Alleman, Iowa
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Favorite Quote:
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pain. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.<br /> -C.S. Lewis

thanks! means a lot!

on Apr. 22 2013 at 1:22 pm
freeperson DIAMOND, Burlington, Vermont
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&quot;Have you seen the way he looks at you, the way his expression softens and his eyes are like stars...?&quot; - Ara Weston

cool I like the second to last stanza