Remember

Here are two poems I wrote in the past to express some of my feelings about September 11, 2001:

Remember me when the day is done

When your laughing heart is free

Remember me when the day begins

The flag flies for liberty

Remember me when you're free to roam

When you can worship where you may

Remember me when you take a stand

And have freedom of speech to say

Remember me when you make a choice

When you kneel down to pray

Remember me when it's not so easy

I died so you could live this way

(September 11, 2002)

The best laid plans fail

The most sacred memories fade

And even with you least expect it

Towers crumble before your eyes

But...

Patriotism with bind souls

Remembrance will sear hearts together

And even though the world is ugly

Love still conquerors all

(September 11, 2006)