The Wake Up Call

September 11, 2001 (Tuesday) - For all victims of the terrorism tragedy in the United States of America, and the loved ones left behind.

The Worlds Rotation
Never Paused
The Second Hands Ticked On ...
Such Overwhelming Pain Was Caused
The Innocent ...
Now Gone
Our Children Made Their Way To School
The Restaurants Served Up Food
While Vehicles Filled Up With Fuel
That Moment ...
Life Was Good !
Then In One Second
Time Stood Still
From Clouds That Moved Apart
Determined "Evil", Came To Kill
And Stab US In The Heart
AMERICA Stood Froze In Time
With Horror In Our Eyes
As Phase-One Of This "Evil" Crime
Broke Through Our Peaceful Skies
Before Events Had Yet Sunk In
A Second Hit We Took
An Awful Act
Of Purest Sin
As "WORLD TRADE CENTER" Shook
Americans Ran For Their Life
Through Flames And Flying Glass
Reality Cut Like A Knife
As Children, Sat In Class
While Massive Frenzy Ran Amuck
From Sea To Shining Sea
Our Nations Capital Was Struck
This "Evil" Now Hit Three !
As Victims Fell
The Public Cried
Life As WE Knew Had Changed
As... Thousands In Those Moments Died
By People SO DERANGED !
How PUREST HATE Can Overcome
Consuming Every Thought
That Now Has Left This Country Numb
WE LIVED IN PEACE
We Thought ?
The Fourth Attack Of "SCHEDULED DEATH"
Was Stopped While "Dead" On Course
As HEROES Fought Till Their Last Breath
They Died ...
To Stop This FORCE
As Current Terror Grips Our Land
And ...
Fear Of What's Ahead
Each Moment Feels Like Slipping Sand
At Such Impending Dread
But;
As This WORLD
Prepares For WAR
WE ALL SHOULD LOOK WITHIN
Did "We" Allow GOD In "Our" Door ?
Or Choose To Live In SIN ?
OUR LORD AND SAVIOR
Gave HIS Son
As WE TOO,
Soon May Do
But JESUS Died For Everyone
ALL OUT OF LOVE FOR YOU
As GOD Looks Down On All This HATE
HE Cannot Help But Frown
A Peaceful World HE Did Create
HIS Children Let HIM Down
But ...
GOD Won't Harbor Any Grudge
HE Loves US
One And All
I Think ...
Sometimes ...
WE NEED A NUDGE
THIS IS ...
THE WAKE UP CALL


GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

[ Jody Harmon (Moorhead, Minnesota) -- Submitted by Jody Harmon ]