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JamesMichael
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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

0 posted 2000-07-27 07:02 PM


Concorde down

One hundred and nine lives full of hopes and dreams go down
as the supersonic jet crashes to the ground.
For just a few brief moments terror reigned supreme.
Lives passing before fear stricken eyes in unison
and then final fatal screams.
Lost opportunities that could have been.
Faces never to be seen again.
Families and friends break down and cry.
Nothing remains except a lifetime to wonder why.
Was the cause of this tragic crash misfortune, malfunction, pilot error, or just plain bad luck
or does the answer lie in all of the above
and a moment in time when grace and favor ran amok.
This day can never by erased.
Lost loved one's can never by replaced.
Family, friends, and lovers with no more love to share.
No more smiling faces anywhere.
Oh dear God as this dark day passes
I beseech you please no more crashes.
And now as I stop to mourn the loss
of all those precious souls that died
my heart only wants to weep and cry
whatever happened to those friendly skies?  

Jameslee@July26,2000
In Loving Memory





[This message has been edited by jmlee12345 (edited 07-29-2000).]

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Marina
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since 2000-02-10
Posts 2245
Pickering, Ontario
1 posted 2000-07-27 07:11 PM


James, thank you for sharing this emotional and heartfelt tribute this us.  We can at least take refuge in knowing they are now at peace in a better place.  Thank you.

Marina


It is a blessing to have wings for words, and passion in pen
Marina Crossley


Bill Charles
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since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now
2 posted 2000-07-27 07:17 PM


jmlee12345,
You have written a tribune to those poor souls that went down. I don't know weather to thank you, or feel the sorrow. Well done my friend, well done.

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
3 posted 2000-07-28 07:11 AM


Thank you Marina and Bill for reading and your nice comments.
May they all rest in peace...James

Sudhir Iyer
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since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium
4 posted 2000-07-28 07:25 AM


Ah James,
such a wonderful tribute... such tragedies affect us a lot... thanks for sharing your kind heart...

regards,
sudhir

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554

5 posted 2000-07-28 07:44 AM


thank you SBJ...
your heart is showing...
so many questions
so much pain...so much loss...
a perfect and kind tribute to help heal
take care
jm

There are places inside our souls -
that have never been touched.
There are places inside our hearts -
that need to be loved this much.
~jm~


JamesMichael
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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
6 posted 2000-07-29 09:18 AM


Thank you Sudhir and Janet for your warm comments...James
JamesMichael
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7 posted 2000-07-29 07:29 PM


I edited this...when I first wrote this I wanted to express the fear someone must be feeling just moments away from death...but then I decided not too...but then I decided that the fear would be very real and present and I must include it.. I could only imagine anyone experiencing the terror of an eminent plane crash...perhaps desperately trying to hold on to hope until the very end...James
Marina
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since 2000-02-10
Posts 2245
Pickering, Ontario
8 posted 2000-07-29 07:31 PM


And you expressed it very well James.  Your heart is truly an open book with ending.  Thank you again for wonderful tribute.

Marina


It is a blessing to have wings for words, and passion in pen
Marina Crossley


Paula Finn
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since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546
missouri
9 posted 2000-07-30 12:27 PM


James...it took me three times before I could write. What fear these people must have felt...and for you to have touch on this...WOW.

never say never

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
10 posted 2000-08-02 06:19 AM


Thank you Marina and Paula for your wonderful comments...James
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