I TURNED ON THE TELEVISION
AND MY EYES FILLED WITH TEARS.
I SAW A SIGHT OF HORROR
AND A GLIMPS OF SUCH FEARS.
THE SCREAMS OF PEOPLE
RANG THROUGH MY HEAD.
AND MY THOUGHTS OF THE MANY
WHO MAY HAVE BEEN DEAD.
I WATCHED IN DISBELIEF
AS THE IRON BIRD HIT THE TOWER.
THE SHARDS OF FLAME AND METAL
RAIN DOWN IN A SHOWER.
THEN A SECOND HIT
ANOTHER TOWER, ANOTHER PLANE.
OH MY LORD, HELP THEM.
WHO COULD BE THAT INSAIN?
I WATCH IT ALL IN SUCH ARAY.
THEN ONE BY ONE THE TOWERS CRASH.
MY THOUGHTS ARE ON THE PEOPLE
CAUGHT WITHIN THE STEEL AND ASH.
I SEE THE PICTURES OF TWO MORE SIGHTS.
WHY IS THIS EVIL HAPPENING, I ASK.
FOR WHO COULD NOT HAVE A HEART
TO CARRY OUT THIS EVIL TASK.
I STARE AT MY BABY AND
I BEGIN TO CRY SOME MORE.
FOR WHAT COULD BE NEXT,
WHAT ELSE IS IN STORE?
AT THAT VERY MOMENT,
I DROPPED TO MY KNEES.
I PRAYED TO OUR GOD
FOR HIM TO HELP US, PLEASE.
MY THOUGHTS ARE ON OUR CHILDREN.
FOR THEY ARE SO VERY YOUNG.
THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS.
THEIR LIVES HAVE JUST BEGUN.
WHAT ARE THESE MADMEN THINKING?
DON'T THEY HAVE FAMILIES OF THEIR OWN?
WHAT WOULD THEY THINK OF IF
IT WAS THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR HOME?
AS I SIT HERE AND WATCH THE TV TONIGHT,
MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL.
FOR WHAT MAY HAPPEN NEXT,
WHAT IS THE NEXT TO FALL?
I SEND A PRAYER TO EVERYONE
AND I HOPE THAT GOD MAY HEAR.
FOR NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT ANOTHER SHEDDED TEAR.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
AND TO ALL WHO LIVES WITHIN.
FOR THE RED WHITE AND BLUE,
THESE MAD MEN WILL NOT WIN.
Shannon Marie Umstead
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