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Abe
Senior Member

since 2003-05-28

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

0 posted 2003-09-11 10:18 AM

"LET'S ROLL"

They were on a flight
Going from here to there
Just another day
Each one, without a care.

Some were on a cell phone
With loved ones or business
What they all talked about
We can only guess.

Then they got the news
About WTC
And then they realized
The next one is "we".

Some of them were moved forward
The rest moved to the rear
And it’s hard to imagine
The helplessness and fear.

But, they must have got to talking
And figured out their plight
That in the list of "bombers"
They were, the next "flight".

Wonder what went through their minds
And how much, they were "scared"
But, when they thought, " The USA"
Realized, how much they cared.

We think about our "heroes"
And those on the "front line"
Then, we all heard, "Let's roll"
They knew, that it was time.

To step up and sacrifice
Whatever, it may take
And made the call, most of us
Won't ever have to make.

They stood up for America
Knew what they had to do
And let's not ever forget
They did it, for me and you.

Nobody will ever know
What went on on that plane
We just know, it added to
The misery and pain.

We all had, had enough
On that September day
But, they just gave us more
To pray for, the same way.

They went down in Victory
The first against the terrorists
Showed the will of Americans
Is strong, and still exists.

Another bunch, of the lost souls
We lost on nine-eleven
But they aren't lost for they found
Their little niche in heaven.

Del "Abe" Jones

Kahlil
Senior Member

since 2003-04-12

Posts 1881

1 posted 2003-09-11 10:22 AM

Abe, what a fitting tribute you have written here. Thank you so much. ~K~

KristieSue

Senior Member

since 2003-01-31

Posts 1460
PA, US

2 posted 2003-09-11 11:28 AM

this was beautiful...great job

"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare." -Japanese Proverb
~ KS

Sunnyone
Member Ascendant

since 2000-07-06

Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England

3 posted 2003-09-11 11:32 AM

Abe, I'm reacting the same way to your poem as I reacted that day the news came on and described these heroic Americans...tears are falling, but out of pride. Thank you for writing this, and for helping to keep that spirit alive in us all! ~S~

Accept these small gifts from my gypsy heart ~~S~~

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