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gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

0 posted 2009-02-13 09:32 AM

February 12, 2009

A part of me was there,
Riding upon the wind,
A part of me fell with you,
When the laws---oh, those
Faithful laws---could not
Sustain the beauty
Of flight!

I, too, am a commander
Of handmade wings,
I, fragile, fallible thing!

[This message has been edited by gilead (02-14-2009 04:20 AM).]

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

1 posted 2009-02-13 09:35 AM

"Every man's death diminishes me, for I am involved in mankind." "For Whom the Bell Tolls" ---John Donne

art

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2009-02-13 10:33 AM

Thank you, dear Arthur, for this compassionate exquisite write, which truly touches the heart.

Love,
Margherita

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3 posted 2009-02-13 10:54 AM

Yo Art,

This is very good work on a very sad incident.

I used to fly in and out of Buffalo quite often before I retired.

Bobby

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

4 posted 2009-02-13 11:13 AM

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Margherita.

art

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

5 posted 2009-02-13 11:16 AM

Thank you, Bobby. I've been a private pilot since a sophomore in high school. I retired in 2000 after a career in ground transportation and aviation management. It is always very sad.

art

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

6 posted 2009-02-13 04:22 PM

Beautiful tribute to such a tragic event.

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

7 posted 2009-02-13 04:28 PM

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Mark. The magnitude of human suffering can be inexpressible.

art

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

8 posted 2009-02-13 05:03 PM

I was stunned, shocked and horrified when the news broke while I was watching CNN. It is a miracle that more lives weren't lost on the ground. I hale from Niagara Falls, Ontario ~ just east of Buffalo, so Buffalo was part of my stomping grounds, so to speak. Tears fell like raindrops down my cheeks as family members spoke of the loved ones that they had lost.

"A part of me fell with you", yes, Art, that goes for me as well.

A sad, yet beautiful, piece of poetry from the heart.

God bless them and their loved ones,
Linda

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

9 posted 2009-02-13 05:31 PM

Thank you, Linda. A bittersweet/irony of life, isn't it? that tragedy, too, is a tie that binds.

God be with you.

art

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