That was wonderful Mag. Thanks and welcome back
everyone
Joanne
--- Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The Wall of Remembrance brings me to tears,=20
> Thousands gone in minutes,
> Oh America!
> This is my home,
> Land of the free,
> Home of the brave,
> How often we take things for granted,
> And still we say it's not enough,
> Some of us push for more,
> More equality, more justice,
> Until we are hit,
> And then we always pull together,=20
> It's a beautiful thing to see,
> Then you realize,=20
> it's not the land, it's the people,
> The people make America great.
> Our melting pot of different Races,=20
> different beliefs, different abilities,
> For we are a brave people,
> And we won't let anybody scare us.=20
> No, the day after the plane crashes,=20
> I said to myself and my friends,
> I refuse to be scared,
> I refuse to be intimidated,
> For that is just what these extremists want,
> Our people, our beautiful melting pot,
> Our rainbow race,
> Pulls together in times like this,
> And it is this that makes America strong,
> It is this which makes America rich,
> This makes us invincible,
> America will rebuild,
> Stronger, more resilient than ever,
> And people from around the world
> Will always seek to come here,
> Because of the freedom,
> Because of our people.
> Our beautiful, strong, courageous,
> compassionate, generous people=E2=80=A6
>
> When I was nine, I discovered the words of Walt
> Whitman and I was awed. He=20
> spoke about the average American man and woman with
> a reverence for their=20
> strength and beauty, for their resilience. He wrote
> dazzling poems about=20
> America, and about the greatness of the everyday,
> common people. In fact, he=
> =20
> thought everyday Americans were heroes and heroines
> beyond compare. He was a=
> =20
> native of New York, and I believe Mr. Whitman would
> be darned proud of his=20
> fellow Americans in the aftermath of the World Trade
> Center bombings. I=20
> still don't see how we can win if we go to war, for
> that is just what Bin=20
> Laden wants. I say we should strengthen our borders,
> be more secure, and=20
> increase our intelligence, but if we go to war we
> will only end up like=20
> Israel.=20
>
> Tamar Raine 9-14-01
> Oakland, CA=20
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