~ Tears
Will Wash My Eyes ~
It
was an ordinary day, she had no
reason to cry
As you walked out the door,
You softly wiped tears from her
eyes
When you left, she felt empty
somehow, she did not know why
You called her in horror, with
tears in your eyes
You told her planes had struck
the twin towers
People were dying and you did
not know
if you would come home
She started to scream, her worse
nightmare now real
as she heard how these
terrorists from Iraq
Died for religion alone.
Tears now were washing her eyes
Will there ever be peace again
Will there only be smoke filled
skies
Or will the air clear
So all can see the horizon
And find freedom from this fear
She was so calm when she heard
the news
Her husband high-jacked
His last words
"Let's roll em"
She heard how all the passengers
Said The Lord's Prayer, as
friend to friend
They stood in a circle
Going to their death
To reach heaven
Led by one great hockey player
to the end.
And his precious wife, tears
washing her eyes
Remembered only a few hours
before
How her husband touched her with
his hands
The sadness had begun,
Yet, he died a brave man,
On September eleven, two
thousand and one.
Let us all remember
Those brave men of our land,
The women and children
Who died for freedom and the
American flag
~*~
Linda Ann Henry © 2002
Do you remember me
The people's poet
Only when you lose someone for a
great cause,
do we realize how important
freedom and the American flag
truly is.
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