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Trillium

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since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

0 posted 2001-09-24 07:39 PM

Liberty

She stands in her serenity
And lifts her torch for all to see.
She beckons to the folks that roam.
Invites them here to make their home.

Upon her platform in the bay,
Her eyes look out and far away
And did she ever dream that she
Would see this page of history?
I doubt that anbody could,
Except the few who banished good
And let the evil tide creep in
To swamp their souls with blackest sin!

She stands there still, in day and night.
The vision of her sheds a light
Across our people and our land
And all of those who understand,
That we must rise to meet the foe.
To save the liberty we know.
To re-build quickly as we can.
It is our dedicated plan!

Betty Lou Hebert

[This message has been edited by Trillium (edited 09-24-2001).]

ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10

Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA

1 posted 2001-09-24 07:42 PM

Betty; This is a truly magnificent poem of courage and hope! Love, Ellie

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2001-09-24 07:48 PM

BettyLou~
My friend, my friend ... you speak my heart~
God bless America and the world as we seek that liberty encased in peace.
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~!

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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BSC

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since 2000-02-04

Posts 2919
New York, USA

3 posted 2001-09-24 08:12 PM

Wonderful write Trillium ~ it is a comfort to see that lady standing there, encouraging all to stand hand in hand, hope in their hearts. Bonnie

Joyce Johnson

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since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

4 posted 2001-09-25 02:56 PM

Wonderful Betty. Everyone should understand that what she represents did not come easy and we have to hang on to it. There is no easy way. Joyce

Trillium

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since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

5 posted 2001-09-26 12:26 PM

Thank you Ellie. I appreciate your kind remarks.

Betty Lou Hebert

Trillium

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since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

6 posted 2001-09-26 12:28 PM

Thank you Marge. The world has changed so radically in two weeks. I hope a year from now, we can look back and see that we handled everything in the best way possible
and peace will prevail.

Betty Lou Hebert

Trillium

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since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

7 posted 2001-09-26 12:30 PM

Bonnie: I'm sure many eyes are turning to that statue these days and rejoicing that she is still there. I was looking through the Penney's Christmas catalog and they have a large puzzle of the Statue of Liberty, showing the twin towers and the skyline of New York as part of it. Seemed so ironic.

Betty Lou Hebert

Trillium

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since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

8 posted 2001-09-26 12:32 PM

Thanks Joyce. That statue means so much to so many and I hope she will always be there.

Betty Lou Hebert

illusion
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since 2001-06-19

Posts 296

9 posted 2001-09-26 11:38 AM

I hope she will always stand - and that the tragedies she witnessed won't keep us from remembering what she represents. Beautiful poem!

Trillium

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since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

10 posted 2001-09-26 06:17 PM

illusion: thanks for reading and commenting.

Betty Lou Hebert

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