A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day...09-10-04....September 11, 2001 - A Day To Remember

Aquamarine, NickNamedBob

[Aquamarine]

World Trade Center
New York City

Towers of Life

They stood hushed and glimmering in the night,
Giants able to frame the moon,
Slumbering magnificently in their might.

Day breaks and the sun gently warms their skin,
Veins begin to pulse with life,
The spirit of a thousand of kin.

Evil tears towards them through the brilliant morning sky,
Propelled by the blackest of hate,
Guided by a lie.

Barely risen they stand with no defense,
Innocent and distracted they are not prepared,
The pain about to be inflicted intense.

Like a bolt of lighting that shatters the morn,
Evil crashes once then twice into their sides,
Their bodies are scorched and torn.

Horribly crippled they continue to stand,
Holding onto life until the last,
Orders are given, they take the command.

The battle is brief, the giants begin to yield,
Life drains from every artery,
Their fate is sealed.

Collapsing to zero,
First to one knee then to the next,
From their dust will emerge so many a hero.

The question is asked,
How can such evil exist.

- JDK

In Memory of Lives Lost
September 11, 2001

Keeper of the Stars

(music)

Pentagon - Washington D.C.

When Worlds Collide

When hatred, like a cancer cell, learns to spread its seed,
The whole world is the patient, and global is the need.
A force for evil is unleashed, that tears at peaceful hearts,
And those who worship evil learn the darkest of its arts.

The wills that seek to rise above the mundane plows they share,
And forces that can lift them and propel them in the air,
Are beaten into weapons which can strike a deadly blow,
A dragon’s breath which rains its death on innocents below.

The world awakened slowly to the peril at its door,
And had difficulty focusing on hurt that was in store.
It took two blows to understand the treachery that came,
And just a little longer then to know what was to blame.

Yet another part of the attack was on a star,
Whose light was meant to warn us when a threat came from afar.
Already we were moving to deflect the serpent’s fangs,
But not before its target had begun to feel the pangs.

Though thousands were before it when it sought to hit the mark,
Only hundreds were imperiled as it struck out of the dark.
Only hundreds, only hundreds. Even one would be too many,
In the listings of the victims we’d prefer there weren’t any.

The poison seed of hatred has infected normal men,
And turned them into demons who can not return again.
These demons would attack the very angels in the air,
And plunge them like a dagger at the ones for whom they care.

This is now a battle unlike any seen on Earth,
And we are now the witnesses for Satan at his birth.
Conventional responses will be laughed at by his spawn,
Just as fire is not weakened by the coming of the dawn.

Truth shall be our weapon, that all people should be free,
We can’t be safe ourselves ’til we secure their liberty.
Let every father’s son know that the world is his to love,
Or judgment will be swift and it will come from up above.

We must call the angels down, and interrupt their chorus,
And none of us can shirk the daunting task that lies before us,
For we have witnessed evil done and know who must be blamed,
And we must fight the hatred that has Heaven now inflamed.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 30, 2004

Field in Pennsylvania

Love Takes Flight

These woods have forged some heroes, in fields and in the sky,
The kind who, when the moment came, were not afraid to die.
The morning had been peaceful, and then misfortune fell,
Their quiet journey shattered by a mind-disrupting yell.

They learned their lives were forfeit in a game with global stakes,
And they decided they would win, no matter what it takes.
They could have been some victims Best Known Only by the toll,
Except they chose to make a stand, and by their words, “Let’s Roll!”

Against the soulless demons, they flung themselves in rage,
And with the courage born of love changed wording on the page.
Their gentle souls were purged of pain in hammer blows and flame,
But none would ever dare to say they did not win the game.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 7, 2004

Keep them in your heart.

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[Dubya]

Hospital Regulations

Hospital regulations require a wheelchair for patients who are being
discharged. However, while my friend was working as a student nurse, she
found one elderly gentleman - already dressed and sitting on the bed with a
suitcase at his feet - who insisted he didn't need her help to leave the
hospital. After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly let her
wheel him to the elevator. On the way down, she asked if his wife was
meeting him. "I don't know," he said. "She's still upstairs in the bathroom
changing out of her hospital gown."

[LadyX]

"I don't know," he said. "She's still upstairs in the bathroom changing out of her hospital gown."

After working in hospitals so many years, that drew a *hearty chuckle*..:))

[LadyX]

Pray for America as if
our survival depends upon it - -

It, in fact, does - -

[Victoria Delsoul]

Wonderful graphic, Aqua. Thanks so much.

[dixie sass]

Amen Dubya.

[dixie sass]

Ain't that the truth, Dubya!

[Dubya]

Pray for America as if
our survival depends upon it - -

It, in fact, does - -

Yes it does.

[Dubya]

Great img.

[Dubya]

Thanks Dixie. I have to remind myself sometimes that God is always there with me.

[dixie sass]

I use to look forward to September with great anticipation...

It was the time of year that we went shopping for brand new school supplie - can you smell the brand new notebooks and paper and pencils - maybe a protractor and other "gadgets". New shoes and new dresses and a new coat or jacket in anticipation of the chilly weather ahead. The smell of autumn approaching in the early morning. The Labor Day weekend - the last big Hurrah of the summer! My birthday and my great aunt's birthday. The first looks at my new classmates.

Now it is with dread that I see September approaching, no happy celebrations, just celebrating the deaths of almost three thousand people. How long must we mourn? Can't we celebrate September anymore with happiness? There are three of us that have birthdays and one anniversary on the 9th, 10th, 11th, and the 12th. Today we have talked about changing our birthdays and the anniversary to October or maybe August because then we won't get told by people that we shouldn't be out celebrating and happy, we should be mourning and unhappy.

I won't forget 9/11, but I am tired of the national mourning and brow beating. It happened, it couldn't be avoided and we need to move on. I saw a child today scared because his mother was crying and he couldn't understand why. He was only three or four and couldn't understand what was making his Momma so sad.

From now on I am going to celebrate living, the time for mourning is past.

[firewalk]

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[Aquamarine]

Happy Birthday Spookbrat!

I thought this looked alot like your dog. :)

[Dubya]

I just got a call from my grand son in FL. Everyone is alright. PRAISE THE LORD.

[Feiny]

Prayers go out to the families.

[Laura Earl]

Glad to hear from you Pippin!! Hope you 9/11 was enjoyable. We spent ours toolin' around on the lake.

[Aquamarine]

That's great news Dubya. Praise God!

[mombonn]

#152 is especially powerful. Thanks for ALL the graphics!

While I was unable to watch the memorials this morning, I nevertheless remember that day as I remember the Kennedy assassination, and the Challenger.

May God comfort all those who are hurting this day.

[Aquamarine]

Thanks to everyone for all of your graphics, links and heartfelt sentiments on this memorable day. A special thanks to you Mama Bear for loaning me this graphic.

[Texagirl4W]

Good thread today Aquamarine. Sleep well. I didn't get to go to New Orleans today so I've enjoyed this so much.

[2111USMC]

God Bless FReepers and the USA!

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