"One"..................

Lady M

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<center>"As the soot and dirt and ash rained down,
We became one color.
As we carried each other down the stairs of the burning building,
We became one class.
As we lit candles of waiting and hope,
We became one generation.
As the firefighters and police officers fought their way into the inferno,
We became one gender.
As we fell to our knees in prayer for strength,
We became one faith.
As we whispered or shouted words of encouragement,
We spoke one language.
As we gave our blood in lines a mile long,
We became one body.
As we mourned together the great loss,
We became one family.
As we cried tears of grief and loss,
We became one soul.
We have become one people.
We are...
One color
One class
One generation
One gender
One faith
One language
One body
One family
One soul
One people
We are The Power of One.
We are United.
We are America."</center>

(I received this in the mail last week and wanted to share it with you. Perhaps some of you have already read this.)

Marie:D
 
Wow.... that gave me chills. Beautiful and Powerful.

Thank you for sharing it.
 
I hadnt read that till now, that you so much for sharing that
 

That was beautiful! Thank you for sharing it with us :)
 
Very ironic that you posted that Marie.

We had a memorial service here in St. Croix on Sept. 11 this year. Pretty much the whole island turned out down at the waterfront for the service (including some visiting N.Y. firefighters). I was asked by the organizers to recite that poem. I couldn't get through the whole thing without crying.

My DH (who has a beautiful baritone voice) was asked to sing Amazing Grace (a capella) immediately following.

It was a beautiful evening.

Thanks for posting it.

Linda
 
Thanks!:D

I read this on a bumper sticker: "God is too big to fit into one religion"! How appropriate your poem is.
 
Thanx, Marie. I hadn't seen that one before and now I'm all goose-bumpy.

That bumper sticker JAP mentioned is GREAT!!
 














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