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Ground
Zero
by R.J.
Fernalld
Shattered
concrete, shattered lives, shattered
dreams,
The peace of the
world collapsed with the towers.
Tears of men,
wails of widows, the new orphan's
fear…
Shattered trust
and new nightmares haunt the nation.
Below ground
zero, beneath twisted iron and broken
bodies,
Lies something
only angels can see. It weeps, bathed in
blood,
Stabbed four
times with evil and buried alive. It no
longer
Breathes easily.
Its mouth lays agape, eyes full of
tears.
Among the people
of the living and the people of the dead
Through the city
walks an unseen spirit. She searches for
the
Ground zero
point. The angel waits, watches, comforts and
strengthens each
loving hand and heart that has come to
help.
She bottles each
tear, holds each heavy heart close, she
Watches and
waits, comforting the best of mankind as they
Recover each
broken body and as each family grieves.
The candles
burning in remembrance and love warm
her.
Then, she
disappears into the rubble. Though unseen, the
The hearts and
hands feel her essence. She bends low at
the sight before
her. There, at the center of ground zero
Beneath the
death of thousands, the Dove of Peace lay
gasping.
The angel
approaches the wounded dove and sees the deep
wounds.
Beneath the
dove, she sees a mountain of prayers and the hopes
and
dreams of the
dead thousands. "Hush," she whispers to
the
Weeping dove.
She gently lifts its broken body, and the
prayers
Began to rise.
Up through the mangled remains of the
building
and through the
hearts of the volunteers, the prayers and
dreams
move upward
toward Heaven's Ear. The angel draws out the
wounded
Dove of Peace to
the mound of rubble still atop ground
zero.
It is there,
among the loving hearts, hands, and the
unspoken
Prayers of
volunteers and frightened citizens that the
Dove
Takes heart.
Their courage heals. "Come," says the
angel.
"Evil cannot
kill peace, and we will again come home to
them."
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Written by
R
J Fernalld
copyright
2001
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