Remember 9/11/01.......a thread to reflect on.
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Jaybird3
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In Remembrance of 9/11
In less than one week, our country will come upon the second anniversary of the tragedy of 9-11. We remember the days that followed and that one evening where we all lit candles by our front doors, on our front lawns, our porches, our decks.
This year, let us join together to show that we will not forget those innocent people that lost their lives that morning. The passengers, the pilots, the people that were working at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Let us join together to show our appreciation for the brave firefighters, police officers and EMT personnel that ran to help others.
To show our remembrance, our strength, our resolve and our love of our country, let's join together again.
On the evening of September 11th, rain or shine, light up the front of your home, your yard, your street, your walkway, your porch, your front steps.
Take time and remember the events of 9-11, how deeply you were moved, scared, touched. Pray that our nation continues the fight on terrorism so that events such as this do not happen again on our soil.
Pass this along and hopefully by 9-11 it will have reached many throughout the USA and perhaps even the world. What a statement to our nation, our neighbors and especially to those lost on that tragic day.
We have not forgotten. Light some candles the evening of 9-11-03
In less than one week, our country will come upon the second anniversary of the tragedy of 9-11. We remember the days that followed and that one evening where we all lit candles by our front doors, on our front lawns, our porches, our decks.
This year, let us join together to show that we will not forget those innocent people that lost their lives that morning. The passengers, the pilots, the people that were working at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Let us join together to show our appreciation for the brave firefighters, police officers and EMT personnel that ran to help others.
To show our remembrance, our strength, our resolve and our love of our country, let's join together again.
On the evening of September 11th, rain or shine, light up the front of your home, your yard, your street, your walkway, your porch, your front steps.
Take time and remember the events of 9-11, how deeply you were moved, scared, touched. Pray that our nation continues the fight on terrorism so that events such as this do not happen again on our soil.
Pass this along and hopefully by 9-11 it will have reached many throughout the USA and perhaps even the world. What a statement to our nation, our neighbors and especially to those lost on that tragic day.
We have not forgotten. Light some candles the evening of 9-11-03
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Special wishes and thoughts to my friends back in New York, especially one who escaped the streets when the first tower fell.
Special wishes and thoughts to my friends back in New York, especially one who escaped the streets when the first tower fell.
Blue Dolphin
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Lost Septembers
Do they hear me?
The souls of lost September
Ensconced in their earth eternal.
Do my tears wash their hearts?
As memory inveigles the mind,
Recollections of despair,
Disbelief,
Disarray.
A year on I came
To stand,
To touch,
And to cry
Smoke and dust filling senses
Names
So many names.
I knew them not,
And yet, they are my brothers
My sisters
My life.
Silence
Reverent whispers in solitude
And my heart,, here to lay, evermore.
I will return
For you are me
I am you
And September be our dawn.
Arden
Un amor, Una verdad
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That is beautiful, BD...
INTO THE FIRE
Bruce Springsteen
The sky was falling and streaked with blood
I heard you calling me, then you disappeared into the dust
Up the stairs, into the fire
Up the stairs, into the fire
I need your kiss, but love and duty called you someplace higher
Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love give us love
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love
You gave your love to see, in fields of red and autumn brown
You gave your love to me and lay your young body down
Up the stairs, into the fire
Up the stairs, into the fire
I need you near, but love and duty called you someplace higher
Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love give us love
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love
It was dark, too dark to see, you held me in the light you gave
You lay your hand on me
Then walked into the darkness of your smoky grave
Up the stairs, into the fire
Up the stairs, into the fire
I need your kiss, but love and duty called you someplace higher
Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love...
May your love bring us love
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INTO THE FIRE
Bruce Springsteen
The sky was falling and streaked with blood
I heard you calling me, then you disappeared into the dust
Up the stairs, into the fire
Up the stairs, into the fire
I need your kiss, but love and duty called you someplace higher
Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love give us love
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love
You gave your love to see, in fields of red and autumn brown
You gave your love to me and lay your young body down
Up the stairs, into the fire
Up the stairs, into the fire
I need you near, but love and duty called you someplace higher
Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love give us love
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love
It was dark, too dark to see, you held me in the light you gave
You lay your hand on me
Then walked into the darkness of your smoky grave
Up the stairs, into the fire
Up the stairs, into the fire
I need your kiss, but love and duty called you someplace higher
Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love...
May your love bring us love
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Bug Eyed Monster
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Remember 9/11
FYI, another similar thread at the above link.
I just thought I would sing this.
I'd like to teach the world to sing.
I'd like to by the world a home
and furnish it with love.
Grow Apple trees and honey bees and snow white turtle doves.
I'd like to teach the world to sing
in perfect harmony.
I'd like to hold it in my arms and keep it company.
I'd like to see the world for once
all standing hand in hand.
And hear them calling out for peace throughout the land.
That's the song I hear
so let the world sing today,
A song of peace that echoes on and never fades away.....
FYI, another similar thread at the above link.
I just thought I would sing this.
I'd like to teach the world to sing.
I'd like to by the world a home
and furnish it with love.
Grow Apple trees and honey bees and snow white turtle doves.
I'd like to teach the world to sing
in perfect harmony.
I'd like to hold it in my arms and keep it company.
I'd like to see the world for once
all standing hand in hand.
And hear them calling out for peace throughout the land.
That's the song I hear
so let the world sing today,
A song of peace that echoes on and never fades away.....
Arden
Un amor, Una verdad
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Crucifix at Ground Zero...
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Bug Eyed Monster
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Arden said:
Thanks, Not mine and I know some people will start thinking of Coca Cola, but it is a great song. I heard U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday on the radio today and just realized why it might have been played.
Buggy
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MY CITY OF RUINS
Springsteen
There's a blood red circle
On the cold dark ground
And the rain is falling down
The church door's thrown open
I can hear the organ's song
But the congregation's gone
My city of ruins
My city of ruins
Now the sweet bells of mercy
Drift through the evening trees
Young men on the corner
Like scattered leaves
The boarded up windows
The empty streets
While my brother's down on his knees
My city of ruins
My city of ruins
Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
Now there's tears on the pillow
Darlin' where we slept
And you took my heart when you left
Without your sweet kiss
My soul is lost, my friend
Tell me how do I begin again?
My city's in ruins
My city's in ruins
Now with these hands
With these hands
With these hands
With these hands
I pray Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for the strength, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for the faith, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for your love, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for the strength, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for your love, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for the faith, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for the strength, Lord
Come on, rise up!
Come on, rise up!
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Springsteen
There's a blood red circle
On the cold dark ground
And the rain is falling down
The church door's thrown open
I can hear the organ's song
But the congregation's gone
My city of ruins
My city of ruins
Now the sweet bells of mercy
Drift through the evening trees
Young men on the corner
Like scattered leaves
The boarded up windows
The empty streets
While my brother's down on his knees
My city of ruins
My city of ruins
Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
Now there's tears on the pillow
Darlin' where we slept
And you took my heart when you left
Without your sweet kiss
My soul is lost, my friend
Tell me how do I begin again?
My city's in ruins
My city's in ruins
Now with these hands
With these hands
With these hands
With these hands
I pray Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for the strength, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for the faith, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for your love, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for the strength, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for your love, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for the faith, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for the strength, Lord
Come on, rise up!
Come on, rise up!
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omahaman2
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If I knew
If I knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.
If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.
If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.
If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.
For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.
There will always be another day
to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do?"
But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.
So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,
That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear
Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.
If I knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.
If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.
If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.
If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.
For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.
There will always be another day
to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do?"
But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.
So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,
That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear
Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.
Sassy~Smile
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God Bless everyone.
God Bless everyone.
Jaybird3
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brinkeedinkee
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Let me just say
Direct your life how they would have, if given that second chance.
Kisses
Good for everyone here, realizing that you took the time out of your day to pause and reflect.Jaybird3 said:
Direct your life how they would have, if given that second chance.
Kisses
FingersOfSkill
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A bud of mine wrote this awesome song and I built him a website for it.
CHECK IT OUT
GREAT TUNE
NOT SELLING ANYTHING, JUST A HEARTFELT SONG ABOUT 9/11
www.elevenseptembersong.com
CHECK IT OUT
GREAT TUNE
NOT SELLING ANYTHING, JUST A HEARTFELT SONG ABOUT 9/11
www.elevenseptembersong.com
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Stand with us Father, our eyes are deceived
Horrors before us we cannot conceive
All to Manhattan the world's eyes did turn
Along with our fury the towers did burn.
All through the city went out the alarm
Firemen and comp'nies ran straight into harm
Precincts and ambulances to the scene
All understanding the danger it means.
First word from victims from stairways they fled
"Jakes" with their hoses climbed upward instead
Bravery not seen since on Normandy's shores
Upward they charged to the fiery floors.
Only to heal and to comfort they toiled
The plans of the doctors and officers spoiled
When from on high came a tremendous roar
Two towers and six thousand souls were no more.
Also in Washington hell from the skies
Smoke filled the air while the tears filled our eyes
Aloft was a gloriously mutinous lot
Who saved untold numbers when boldly they fought.
Let none forget you our tragically lost
Let us bear witness to freedom's great cost
Who test our mettle let these words be clear
Cowards cannot make America fear.
Tall from the tangle of steel and of stone
Proudly the Stars and the Stripes they are flown
O'er every color and creed it did wave
The land of the free and the home of the brave.
Hear Song Here:
www.elevenseptembersong.com
Horrors before us we cannot conceive
All to Manhattan the world's eyes did turn
Along with our fury the towers did burn.
All through the city went out the alarm
Firemen and comp'nies ran straight into harm
Precincts and ambulances to the scene
All understanding the danger it means.
First word from victims from stairways they fled
"Jakes" with their hoses climbed upward instead
Bravery not seen since on Normandy's shores
Upward they charged to the fiery floors.
Only to heal and to comfort they toiled
The plans of the doctors and officers spoiled
When from on high came a tremendous roar
Two towers and six thousand souls were no more.
Also in Washington hell from the skies
Smoke filled the air while the tears filled our eyes
Aloft was a gloriously mutinous lot
Who saved untold numbers when boldly they fought.
Let none forget you our tragically lost
Let us bear witness to freedom's great cost
Who test our mettle let these words be clear
Cowards cannot make America fear.
Tall from the tangle of steel and of stone
Proudly the Stars and the Stripes they are flown
O'er every color and creed it did wave
The land of the free and the home of the brave.
Hear Song Here:
www.elevenseptembersong.com
Beauty1
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I just got back from walking my dog around the lake in my neighborhood. This park also has our monument to the 10 people from my town who died in the Twin Towers. There were flowers by some of the names, wilted now....and a wreath with ribbons that people had signed and left messages. Such a sad sight. I said a prayer,and God knows I never do.
PEACE
PEACE
