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WhiteRose
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0 posted 2002-09-11 09:57 AM



I was on I-95
on that day
Virginia I believe
or some other place.

Thoughts are hazey
placement not real
there was I
when forced to deal,

with a tragedy beyond
any I'd known
I felt at once
completely alone.

Reports trickled through
a radio voice
certainly not the way
I would have by choice,

heard the news
that life was changed
most reports quite wrong
and some even strange.

What I saw on the day
what I wish to convey
forgive if I stray
from verse just to say,

I saw men that day stand still in time. I saw men rush to phones to call home with tears in their eyes. I saw men who with no family to call, no loved ones to share the grief of it all, openly weep and reach to each other. Strangers who now felt more like brothers. I heard men on the CB with horror convey what was happening to our world on that day. All of them displaced, away from their homes, sobbing and crying out there on the road. Within the walls of truck stops all across this land, men, grown men, were taking each others hand and mourning the loss of America that day. I saw all of this upon that day. I came away changed in my feeling about men. How could I not after seeing this then? We sometimes forget that within each human being is a heart, a heart, with tenderness beating. Whether woman or man, it matters not really, still they felt, they cried, they touched while grieving.

God Bless all the men who travel life's road
some quite alone while carrying the load
God Bless you I say out there on the way
we're with you in spirit on this very sad day.

WhiteRose

[This message has been edited by WhiteRose (09-11-2002 11:41 AM).]

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1 posted 2002-09-11 10:08 AM



Thank you, White Rose...

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2 posted 2002-09-11 10:27 AM


WhiteRose

You write the heart of this...no words, just a hug and understanding.  Thank you.

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3 posted 2002-09-11 10:31 AM


Well done. Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

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4 posted 2002-09-11 10:34 AM


This is a wonderful tribute, WhiteRose. This is a very heart touching day.
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5 posted 2002-09-11 10:45 AM



Thank you for sharing your 9/11 experience with us.

The message in your poem came through loud and clear---and it is one that should be heard and heeded by all.

Earth Angel

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6 posted 2002-09-11 11:24 AM




(tears fall down my cheeks) Oh Anne, this is so very true, I too went to school early in the morning that day and listening to the radio had me shattered to tears, and I heard faint sobs in the voices and helicopters flying everywhere, and it scared me so much because my dad was flying to New York that same afternoon and I was so relieved his flight was cancelled! (wipes tears) God Bless You, sweet friend, you have  atrue angelic golden heart, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Anne, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

(God Bless America)


"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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