Australia Remembers ...
The events of September 11th, 2001 continue to change
the world for Americans in ways we have all yet to
experience or comprehend. This tragic event not only
affected Americans but everyone around the globe.
From across the other side of the world I remember the
day we heard this tragic news, staring in disbelief at the pictures on the t.v. screen; listening to the emergency news broadcasts and frowning. We went to sleep that night hoping we would wake in the morning and it would be just a bad dream and nothing more.
As our nation struggles to heal from the pain and loss, we are re-defining ways of looking at ourselves and at others.
the world for Americans in ways we have all yet to
experience or comprehend. This tragic event not only
affected Americans but everyone around the globe.
From across the other side of the world I remember the
day we heard this tragic news, staring in disbelief at the pictures on the t.v. screen; listening to the emergency news broadcasts and frowning. We went to sleep that night hoping we would wake in the morning and it would be just a bad dream and nothing more.
As our nation struggles to heal from the pain and loss, we are re-defining ways of looking at ourselves and at others.
I have always thought that angels
wore halos and wings of white.
But now I see dark pants and shirts
and badges shining bright.
And angels always floated
with bare feet above the ground.
Not true! For they wear steel toed boots
and go where death is found.
Not all angels have smooth hands
that look like porcelain.
Some angels have torn gloves and cuts
and burns upon their skin.
And while I thought all angels
glowed from heavens' light,
I see an angel cutting steel,
his torch is shining bright.
And while these earthly angels
passed buckets of debris,
the angels up in heaven
looked down on bended knee.
So while the smoke continued
to rise into the sky,
I watched the rescue workers
weep...
I've seen angels cry.
By: BONNIE MCDANIEL
wore halos and wings of white.
But now I see dark pants and shirts
and badges shining bright.
And angels always floated
with bare feet above the ground.
Not true! For they wear steel toed boots
and go where death is found.
Not all angels have smooth hands
that look like porcelain.
Some angels have torn gloves and cuts
and burns upon their skin.
And while I thought all angels
glowed from heavens' light,
I see an angel cutting steel,
his torch is shining bright.
And while these earthly angels
passed buckets of debris,
the angels up in heaven
looked down on bended knee.
So while the smoke continued
to rise into the sky,
I watched the rescue workers
weep...
I've seen angels cry.
By: BONNIE MCDANIEL