Today is Friday, September 9th, 2005; Karen's Korner #630

Abigail Swartz is 13 years old and an 8th grader in the Eldora-New Providence Schools. She also likes to write poetry and wrote this particular poem after a trip to Washington D.C. and the east coast this past spring.
 
Proud grandma Carol Needham shared this with a group of gals at a meeting a couple of weeks ago. I asked for a copy to share with all of you, in light of the 9/11 anniversary on Sunday:
 
"One for Freedeom"
 
One for freedom
proudly standing high
one for peace
silhouetted against the evening sky
 
Two pillars
the embodiment
of America's power
now twisted and bent
 
and as we watched
those two crumble
some people thoought
America would stumble
 
That all the death
and the destruction
would keep us from
being able to function
 
But they have never
been so wrong in their life
for even though this disaster
cut us like a knife
 
Buildings can be rebuilt
and money re-earned
and we can even fix
what has been burned
 
for American is not
made of material things
not houses or cars
or golden rings
 
These are things
America enjoys
Adults like their work
and children their toys
 
But the thing that makes
America full
isn't the things
No, it's the people
 
It is the people
that make America stand
That show other countries
how to live in a free land
 
Terrorists wanted
to destry our power
so they would rule
and we would cower
 
Though our hearts are heavy
and we grieve what is gone
we will stand together
and we will see a new dawn
 
September eleventh
was just a date on a page
Now it is filled
with sorrow and rage
 
9-11 forever embedded
in America's wind
But we will move on
for strength we will find
 
For America's people
are one nation
under God indivisible
No matter what station
 
For on that day
a bond was felt
Because of this
we can take what we're dealt
 
9-11 didn't ruin us
it made us stronger
because of it
we will last longer
 
Because we are for freedom
opening the gates
We are for peace
GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES

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