In Memory of this day…2001 (A Poem)
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Originally written in 2003 – I re-post this each year across the web to reflect the number of years since the event occurred. (Originally written “Has it Really Been Two Years…)
Do you remember where you were on September 11, 2001 when you got word of the events of this day? I was in physical therpay (broke my ankle that year!) They played it on the radio in the center…I listennedt on the radio on the way back to work…but it really did not sink in until I got home and watched the endless footage with tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat. I had a cousin in the Pentagon that day…she is okay! For days I watched the endless footage of the recovery efforts…knowing recovery of survivors was slim. It was like a train wreck with the media coverage…I wanted to look away, but I was glued.
The events of this day I am sure rocked the faith of some…but everything happens for a reason and I have my own thoughts on it all as they relate to faith since I’ve come into my own…but that’s amuch deeper conversation.
For now…let us just remember and pray for those who were directly affected by loss on this day that they are finding the strength to understand.
Has it really been six years…
Since the devil reared his head
When a day left us in sorrow
Grieving for our lost and dead?
Since our eyes abruptly opened
To the terror of the world
As we glued to our TVs
As this atrocity unfurled?
Since we were forced to take a look
Since we learned that we must see
To not take life for granted
Or the fact that we are free?
Has it really been six years…
Since we all went through a change
As we watched our Towers fall
And took Lord’s name in vain?
Since brave men sacrificed
In a Pennsylvania field
Since the Pentagon was broken
Since our hearts grew hard to heal?
Since our country pulled together
And sad, but proudly sold out flags
And flew them from our homes and cars
And hung them at half staff?
Has it really been six years…
Since our tears learned how to flow
At the mention of the day
That we all have come to know?
Since the numbers etched our minds
Since the way we lived did change
Since we never looked again
At our daily lives the same?
Since we felt so many feelings
That were hard to comprehend
That we wonder to this day
How to make the heartache end?
Has it really been six years…
That a day changed everything
For we will not forget
And we will let freedom ring…
(Melinda Duarte Copyrighted 2003)
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Remembrance poems by me(Get your Kleenex!)
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Mark Carter Jay III February 12, 1947-Jan. 30, 2008
In 1947
God graced this earth with you
One to share your zest for life
With everyone you knew
A provider for your family
Your employees called you friend
You were Blessed a loving wife
Who you’d adore for years on end
A hard worker by trade
Yet you still made time to play
A lover of adventure
You lived life fully every day
When it came to hugs and foot rubs
You had a special hand
When it came to basketball
You were a raging Tarheel fan
You taught “never sweat the small stuff”
Enjoy life…love and live big
And we know because of you
This is how we try to live
A gift to all who’d call you
Husband, father, friend and boss
And now that God has called you home
We are left to grieve your loss
Yet it comforts us to know
That you went to Him without fear
And while you’re loving us from Heaven
In our hearts…we’ll keep you near!
Karissa Green
July 28, 2000- February 3rd, 2006
She smiles forever and giggles, too
For now in Heaven she will play
As she is watching over you
Though it seems just a short time
That God did place her in your care
We knew he’d need her back one day
We knew not when…we knew not where
But he’ll send strength to bear this loss
Forgive him, that he called her home
Her purpose now your Guardian
A special Angel all your own!
Vincent Anthony Delongis II
July 13th, 1987 - May 27th, 2004
A son cherished, a brother loved, a friend remembered
VINCE’S LIGHT
We may never understand why so soon God needed him
Why a light as bright as his, just so suddenly went dim
Why now he plays a beat to a drum that never ends
A beat forever heard by his family and friends
Why now he’s in a place where the Yankees always win
Why now he rides a horse that rides perfect just for him
Why we’ve all been left to grieve, to seek comfort from each other
Why hearts are left to mourn a friend, a son and brother
And yet when we ask why this loss just could not wait
We will remember still a life that was so great
A life that was so full with the love of all who knew
That a light as bright as his was a light that shined so true
For his light brightened others and even though that light went dim
There will always be a flicker through the memory of him!
Vince your light will always shine and we love and miss you.
When I see DMC running through the pasture for no reason at all I will know you are taking that ride I promised you!
Many were touched by your loss this day
Whose lives you have touched in some special way
Some knew you closely and some were dear friends
Some knew you in passing, if just now and then
Some may have met you or not known your face
But all have come here in this special place
A place that is loved more than you would know
A place that is here, because you made it so
A place things are shared and knowledge is gained
Where one common interest will safely remain
A place that forms bonds, where friendships are new
Some that may not have been if not for you
This place we hold common and for all it is clear
That this place exists because you were here
May this place bring comfort to those who now grieve
Who find that your loss is too hard to believe
But now as you soar on a horse with gold wings
All should remember this one special thing
When you were called to the Heavenly Gates
It was to help make in Heaven, a place just as great!
Rita Duarte (My Paternal Grandmother)
December 19th, 1922 - October 11th, 2002
GRAMMA DO YOU KNOW?
I know that you would not want me
To cry or worry so
But Gramma now that you are gone
I wonder did you know
That in a box I keep the cards
You sent me every year
For birthdays and for holidays
And that I hold them dear
I have old gifts and trinkets
That you once bought just for me
But no matter what I have to hold
I need your memory
In my heart I keep the warmth
Of every hug and every kiss
The ones I will no longer feel
The ones I’ll always miss
I’m thankful that with my own child
You got to spend the time
But then there are some deep regrets
That do weigh on my mind
For there is where I keep regrets
Of time we couldn’t spend
I often wish that I could have been
With you ’til the end
I know that you would not want me
To cry or worry so
But gramma now that you are gone
I just wonder if you know!
Laura Pooley Walker
August 19th, 1971-March 8th, 2001
(A friend we met and lost through the love of horses)
SOARING
To some she was a songbird helping find our Childhood Blue
To some a special friend that we were glad to say we knew
To some she was a teacher passing on her special gift
To some an inspiration when our hopes needed a lift
And though there’s now a void that noone else could ever fill
Her memory will guide us when our lives seem all uphill
That found Angel in waiting forever now will sing
As she soars throughout the Heavens
On a horse with golden wings!
Laura, we are so glad to have met you and help you find your “click” with Ginger. We miss your enthusiasm, S’mores and most of all just you!
STACEY LAMONT RAMSAY
March 22, 1971-December 28th, 2001
We’ll miss seeing you ride up on Miss Red many days
You’d stop for awhile, then ride on your way
We’ll miss that you greeted with always a smile
We’ll miss you on trail rides, that may take awhile
Wherever a good time that’s where you would be
And that’s how you’ll live on in our memories
Watching over your family from Heavenly skies
As on a winged horse you forever will ride!
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