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A NATION MOURNED
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A Nation Mourned The sound was as thunder At exactly 9:02, Many lives changed The day the bomb blew. Wives lost their husbands And kids lost their dads, As the news spread out A nation became sad. Fathers lost daughters And some lost their wives, When the bodies were counted They totaled one hundred sixty-eight lives. They died not as hero’s But victims of hate, On April 19th 1995 was the date. Children too died; at the hands of McVeigh, A nation mourned in tears For Oklahoma City that day. Through all of the terror And the chaos as well, The city joined hands And faced together this hell. Now where once there was rubble, From a terrorist bomb, Is a place of peace Meant to remind as it calms. Now from across the whole nation It’s citizens come see, What hate in the heart Can do to the land of the free.
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Copyright © March 2001 Paul A. Posney
An interesting take, though
An interesting take, though quite different than my own. I never got the impression that we came out as well and learned as you have perceived. Though I wholly appreciate your invitation for people to look at such destruction and learn from it. It's a strong way to finish.
A nation mourned
I attended the grand opening of the memorial, and we did find peace when McVay was sentenced. And upon going into the memorial grounds... I felt a sense of peace!!!
As the eyes are the windows of our soul,
My poetry is the windows of my heart!!!