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Mighty pillars fall and resonate.
Harms hate echoes batter
Upon freedoms gate.
Shredded dreams. As hearts are rend.
Hurtled earthward the remains.
Offered prayers. To hell! Or heaven send?
Vows taken.
In whose name?
Amid the wails. The sirens call .... Alas.
The shouts…..as bodies….cast.
With freedom’s flag in hand
Repass. Proudly acclaimed.
We, the people, contemplate.
Sacred honor. A nation’s fate.
Clarion call, tolls freedoms bell.
Impassioned. To arms: We now address.
Through freedoms halls we are now bound.
Here. And to our hearts impress.
Enduring yet commanding words
All are manifest:
And to the Republic
We, the People …. United. Stand…
Proclaim and do Ordain
With righteous wrath and under heavens
Sky they shall not have died in vain.
Ted Nicholaou
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.
-- Rev. Dr. Jim Gill
Snr. Minister at John Knox Presbyterian Church in Houston
