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--- Kathy Stone <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: "Kathy Stone" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:@execpc.com;>
> Subject: Fw: Lady Liberty
> Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 15:02:59 -0500
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> Sept 11th is almost here
> >
> > 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.
> >
>
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>
> >
> > One
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > As we retell with pride of
> > the sacrifice of heroes,
> > We 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > This candle was lit on the 11th of
> September, 2001.
> > Please pass it on to your friends & family
> so that it
> > may shine all across America.
> >
> > "A candle loses nothing by lighting another
> candle,
> > it gains a greater brilliance."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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