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Abe
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since 2003-05-28

Posts 694
Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end!

0 posted 2003-09-07 01:03 PM

BUT, THEY NEVER CAME!

On September eleventh
We all know, New York City
Was shrouded in a cloud
Of, the worst atrocity.

They waited in their scrubs
In the emergency room
Waiting for survivors
To be brought out of the gloom.

They waited on the sidewalks
Stretchers/wheelchairs at hand
Prepared for a disaster
They had, rehearsed and planned.

But, the people never came
As they waited through the night
Then, they began to realize
That, something wasn’t right.

There should have been hundreds
Coming to them, needing care
And the hope started to fade away
As, they impatiently, waited there.

There were a few, brought in
And a few, came on their own
On this most horrific day
New York City’s ever known.

They waited for the people
As thousands called, with a name
Searching for their loved ones
And friends, who never came.

The adrenaline was flowing
As they stood their sad vigil
Wondering when, the rush would start
But, believing that, "It will!"

The day and night came and went
As their hope, began to wane
And their pent-up energy
Turned to helplessness and pain.

Doctors, nurses, technicians
And so many volunteers
Thought of those who never came
And began to shed their tears.

Some still, with a shred of hope
That, in the days to come
Those survivors might be found
At the least, maybe some.

But, the people never came
That, they were waiting for
Because, they waited up above
To get through Heavens’ door.

Del "Abe" Jones

QjQ
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since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
U.S.A.

1 posted 2003-09-07 01:20 PM

you have written and expressed this write very well,,,

angelblueyes
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since 2003-07-19

Posts 2148
Oklahoma

2 posted 2003-09-07 07:09 PM

Crystal

Wind

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since 2002-10-12

Posts 2981

3 posted 2003-09-07 08:24 PM

oh...wow.

And the angel said unto me, "These are the cries of the carrots, the cries of the carrots!"
-Tool

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

4 posted 2003-09-08 04:50 AM

damn

Kit McCallum

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since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

5 posted 2003-09-08 06:04 AM

I liked the perspective you composed this from, Abe. Though it seems so long ago, it is a tragedy that will never be forgotten due to tender and memorable writes such as this. Well done.

Best wishes,
/Kit

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

6 posted 2003-09-08 09:08 AM

AbeMyFriend~
Out of all you've shared with me over the years ... this is perhaps the most touching~

You worked the tender, creating gentle moments of remember~

Poignant penning dear one~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram
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Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

7 posted 2003-09-08 10:26 AM

Abe, in one quiet, wrenching write,
you wiped almost two years of past,
away,
making it as fresh as this very week.

God Bless us all.

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