Remembering 9/11

I try to forget about that horrible day,

but its impossible,their's no way,

how could people be so careless,

no one watched the horrible act fearless,

no one thought that this was gonna go down,

we had to worry about in our little town,

but we shed tears for the ones in the towers,

we couldn't stop crying for hours,

some kids come home to no families that day,

to kids like that what do you say,

this war will end one day,

i just wish it was today.

-By felicia handley [1]

Remember 9/11 Prayer

Almighty God, the past year will be indelibly inscribed in our memories.

We looked with horror on the terrorist attacks of last September 11th.
But we looked with honor on acts of courage by ordinary people
who sacrificed themselves to prevent further death and destruction.

We shed our tears in a common bond of grief for those we loved and lost.
We journeyed through a dark valley, but your light has led us to a place of hope.
You have turned our grief into determination.
We are resolved to do what is good, and right, and just.

Help us to remember what it means to be Americans—
a people endowed with abundant blessings.
Help us to cherish the freedoms we enjoy and inspire us to stand
with courage, united as one Nation in the midst of any adversity.

Lord, hear this prayer for our Nation. Amen.[2]

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[1] http://www.9-11heroes.us/911-poems.php

[2] http://www.appleseeds.org/9-11_prayer.htm