--- 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
>
>
>
> 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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