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Repost - Blessings / Salutations (pranaam) Ode to September 11 Heroes

Posted on 09/10/2002 2:09 PM PDT

Among Flight Ninetythree passengers,
Were common folk, business travellers,
Unmindful of a certain death,
They fought like tigers,
To foil the aim of armed killers,
Forcing the plane into the wilderness,
Crashing away from the city centers,
Salute these common heroes, Pranaam!

A very compassionate Chaplain,
Who leaned to pray with a fireman,
Lending solace, last rites to a dying man,
Disregarding the falling heavy slabs,
That buried them both in an eternal clasp,
Salute the undying devotion, Pranaam!

The loaded planes like missiles exploded,
Balls of flame burst and steel crumpled,
Tall twin towers violently imploded,
Yet police and firement ceaselessly worked,
Oblivious to fate that menacingly loomed,
Bravo the police fire men and women - Pranaam!

Bravely huddled holding hands together,
As tons of concrete came crashing asunder,
Like Atlas holding the world on his shoulders,
Mountains of debris falling from tottering towers,
Behold courage like the Phoenix risen from the ashes, Pranaam

Youthful victims of many a nationality,
Dreamers of happier life 'n prosperity,
Far from homes in toiling sincerity,
From all religions, beliefs and identity,
Innocents sacrificed to a vicious bestiality,
In silence we remember, Pranaam!

These crimes against decency and liberty,
By fanatical perpetrators, preachers of enmity,
With masks of sanity and holier sanctitity,
Hatred in their hearts for all humanity,
Religious sermonisers of an evil mentality,
Let Justice Prevail - Pranaam