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To: Victoria Delsoul; JustAmy; MistyCA; Billie; ST.LOUIE1; Mama_Bear; SAMWolf; Darksheare; ...

 

She Still Stands

From her island sanctuary
She stood glorious in the sun,
As clouds billowed softly by,
I saw Liberty; her torch raised to the sky

From the sky flew the demons from the east,
By blade, capturing the wings of the eagle's flight,
Four riders stormed down delivering death,
Laying siege on her fortress of democracy

The towers destroyed and the keep damaged,
Countless souls delivered into God's hand,
The devil's seed had been sowed
An unholy bounty reaped

Fire, soot, and ash rained down to the street below,
Onto The Knights of Saint Michael and Saint Florian,
Burying those who try to save
Life pushed to the limit never thought to be undone

From her island sanctuary she stood immobile,
As clouds of smoke, ash, and soot billowed
Devastation recognized and dealt
I saw that Liberty still stood

Her sons shall raise their swords
To vanquish the evil back into the night
Her torch shall never grow dim
It will always be raised to the sky

by Martin Connors
Philadelphia, PA

 


172 posted on 10/04/2003 4:10:21 PM PDT by Jen (Ain't skeered to use my 'real' screenname.)
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To: AntiJen
Hi Jen, thank you for the nice poem.
174 posted on 10/04/2003 4:21:33 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul (Arnold has the conviction and the fighting spirit to lead California into a new age of recovery)
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To: AntiJen
Thanks for that poem, Jen.

Hey ..... it's great to see you today!
176 posted on 10/04/2003 4:32:26 PM PDT by JustAmy (God Bless America, God Bless our Military, God Bless our Veterans!!)
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To: AntiJen
"She Still Stands"

Awesome poem, Jen. Remember well climbing the stairs of the Statue of Liberty when I was a young one.

179 posted on 10/04/2003 4:35:50 PM PDT by deadhead (God Bless Our Troops and Veterans)
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To: AntiJen; JustAmy; Billie
I saved this poem about lady Liberty but unfortunately do not know the author:


THE LADY

I wonder what she thought
As she stood there, strong and tall.
She couldn't turn away,
She was forced to watch it all.

Did she long to offer comfort
As her country bled?
With her arm forever frozen
High above her head.

She could not shield her eyes
She could not hide her face
She just stared across the water
Keeping Freedom's place.

The smell of smoke and terror
Somehow reduced her size
So small within the harbor
But still we recognized...

How dignified and beautiful
On a day so many died
I wonder what she thought,
And I know she must have cried.
184 posted on 10/04/2003 7:56:57 PM PDT by JulieRNR21 (Take W-04....Across America!)
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