9-11 Poem

It was late one Tuesday evening

Before a mother could sit down

To tell her only child about

The terror that hit downtown.

She looked into the eyes of her son

God, she loved him so

She felt her heart begin to break

And the hurt begin to show.

She gathered all her strength and courage

as her story she began to tell.

"Baby don't cry, but I'm afraid Daddy

Might be under a building that fell."

The boy looked back at his mother

His eyes made not one blink

And the mother's tears began to fall.

What would her baby think ?

You see, his Dad's a firefighter

And his hero from the day of his birth

He loved his Dad more than anything else

That could ever inherit this earth.

The mother's head began to drop

Her forehead resting on her palm

She thought her son would be upset.

Instead, he was so very calm.

The boy leaned over towards his Mom

And put his hand upon her head

In her ear he began to whisper

And this is what he said :

"Mommy please don't cry

I knew Daddy wasn't coming home

I talked to him just a while ago

But it wasn't on the phone.

He told me that he loved me

And he promised we'd meet again

He told me of his new home

And the job he was to begin."

"God is building an army

And there are many angels needed

That's where Daddy and the others went.

They weren't all defeated."

It was then, the Mother lifted her head

The tears streamed down her face

And she could feel her husband's presence

As God filled her heart with grace.

It was then she knew her son was right

He was in God's great army now

She also knew her son was safe

That he'd be kept from harm somehow.

So, evil-doers of the world,

beware An army is on the way

Bolstered by new angels

Who left the towers that day..

Their commander has never been beaten

His power has never been matched

And if evil thinks He was almighty before

Well, the surface has just been scratched !!

GOD BLESS AMERICA !!!!!

Author Unknown

Poem Received in Email 4/6/02

Added to this page 4/7/02