email92.xml
Title
email92.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
email
Date Entered
2002-03-29
September 11 Email: Body
This is a poem my 14 year old daughter wrote about September 11th:
THE BRAVE
BY: LINDSAY MEDNICK
LOOK AT THE WORLD AROUND US
LOOK AT ITS CRUMBLING WALL
BUILDINGS GOING DOWN IN FLAMES
WITH IT WILL OUR UNITY FALL
WILL WARS GO ON FOR DECADES
OR WILL WE FINALLY REGAIN PEACE
DO YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A HOSPITABLE WORLD
OR ONE THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME DECEASED
EVERYDAY ANOTHER DEATH
ONE TO ADD TO THE GROWING LOT
SADNESS AND MISERY ARE NORMAL EMOTIONS
HAPPINESS AND LAUGHTER HAVE JUST BEEN FORGOT
BUT WHEN A TRAGEDY HAS ENDED
AND IT SUDDENLY BEGINS TO FADE FROM SOMEONES MIND
WHEN THE AMERICAN FLAGS START COMING DOWN
THEN WHAT WILL WE FIND
WILL WE FIND PEOPLE THANKING FIREFIGHTERS
OR PEOPLE PUTTING FLOWERS ON A STRANGERS GRAVE,
WE WILL PROBABLY FIND ADULTS AND CHILDREN LAUGHING
NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT THE DEATHS AND INJURIES OF THE BRAVE
THE PEOPLE WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES
WHO TOOK THEIR OWN LIFE SO A CHILD COULD LIVE
THE ONES WHO WALKED THROUGH THE SMOKE AND THE FIRE
AND GAVE ALL THAT THEY HAD TO GIVE
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CHANGED OUR LIVES
BECAUSE THEY GAVE UP EVERYTHING THEY KNEW
THEY DIED AS AN ACT OF KINDNESS,
SOMETHING NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO DO
THEY WALKED INTO FIRE
DRAWN BY THE CRIES
AND FOR THEIR FUTURE,
A TOTAL SURPRISE
DEAD OR ALIVE
WE OWE THEM SO MUCH
WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET THEM
OUR HEARTS THEY WILL ALWAYS TOUCH
THEY GAVE UP FAMILY, EXPERIENCE, AND LOVE
TO DIE FOR THOSE IN NEED
THEY IMPACTED OUR SOULS
AND DID AN INDESCRIBABLE DEED
THEY TOOK THEIR LIFE
AND WALKED INTO DEATH
WITH NO GOOD-BYES
AND ONLY ONE LAST BREATH
© Lindsay Mednick 1/02
THE BRAVE
BY: LINDSAY MEDNICK
LOOK AT THE WORLD AROUND US
LOOK AT ITS CRUMBLING WALL
BUILDINGS GOING DOWN IN FLAMES
WITH IT WILL OUR UNITY FALL
WILL WARS GO ON FOR DECADES
OR WILL WE FINALLY REGAIN PEACE
DO YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A HOSPITABLE WORLD
OR ONE THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME DECEASED
EVERYDAY ANOTHER DEATH
ONE TO ADD TO THE GROWING LOT
SADNESS AND MISERY ARE NORMAL EMOTIONS
HAPPINESS AND LAUGHTER HAVE JUST BEEN FORGOT
BUT WHEN A TRAGEDY HAS ENDED
AND IT SUDDENLY BEGINS TO FADE FROM SOMEONES MIND
WHEN THE AMERICAN FLAGS START COMING DOWN
THEN WHAT WILL WE FIND
WILL WE FIND PEOPLE THANKING FIREFIGHTERS
OR PEOPLE PUTTING FLOWERS ON A STRANGERS GRAVE,
WE WILL PROBABLY FIND ADULTS AND CHILDREN LAUGHING
NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT THE DEATHS AND INJURIES OF THE BRAVE
THE PEOPLE WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES
WHO TOOK THEIR OWN LIFE SO A CHILD COULD LIVE
THE ONES WHO WALKED THROUGH THE SMOKE AND THE FIRE
AND GAVE ALL THAT THEY HAD TO GIVE
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CHANGED OUR LIVES
BECAUSE THEY GAVE UP EVERYTHING THEY KNEW
THEY DIED AS AN ACT OF KINDNESS,
SOMETHING NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO DO
THEY WALKED INTO FIRE
DRAWN BY THE CRIES
AND FOR THEIR FUTURE,
A TOTAL SURPRISE
DEAD OR ALIVE
WE OWE THEM SO MUCH
WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET THEM
OUR HEARTS THEY WILL ALWAYS TOUCH
THEY GAVE UP FAMILY, EXPERIENCE, AND LOVE
TO DIE FOR THOSE IN NEED
THEY IMPACTED OUR SOULS
AND DID AN INDESCRIBABLE DEED
THEY TOOK THEIR LIFE
AND WALKED INTO DEATH
WITH NO GOOD-BYES
AND ONLY ONE LAST BREATH
© Lindsay Mednick 1/02
September 11 Email: Date
March 29, 2002
September 11 Email: Subject
Poem "The Brave"
Collection
Citation
“email92.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 6, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/37449.