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Compassion for a Nation
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War Remember when we wished we were Superman
And we believed we could fly
We were more than just an ordinary man
We could soar across the sky
Remember when a sheet was a long red cape
No hill was too high to jump
No walls or fences could prevent our escape
Nothing could cause us a bump
X-Ray vision could see through a cement wall
So we could prevent the crime
With super hearing buried victims could call
To come save them just in time
If only someone could have overheard our plea
And made us invincible
Then we could stand so strong and able to be
Wholly indestructible
When great evil comes to destroy the planet
They would not have a prayer
To highjack the innocents in a great jet
And murder them in the air
Because we would be there to turn them right round
Before they caused deep sadness
And we'd carry those planes safely to the ground
To stop the pain and madness
If childish dreams were cool and our wish came true
Would this horror be right here
Would we be cowering to hide from the view
Of death, destruction and fear
So now we know that God has another plan
All of us who need to share
The true fact is we cannot be Superman
But the world still knows we care
09/13/01
Amy Riberdy
