September 11, 2001: The day our life changed.

My Token

I have never felt sadness like I did that day

I began to feel that humanity, as a whole, lost the way Vivid images began to fill my mind

About hope, love ... about being kind

Love thy brother and sister, so we were told

Love thy mother and father, till we grow old

All this and more was going through my head

Faces of the victims, faces of the dead

I started to cry and muttered, … "this can't be"

How could another soul make that decree?

As I started to lose faith in humanity

Something inside … reminded me

About we as human beings and our will to thrive

About we as Americans and our will to survive

To rise above and beyond such a day

For we bonded so close that they will never have sway Over our lives and our emotions

Because we are Americans and this is my token

To all who have suffered on that fateful day

May your light shine on forever more and God Bless the USA

By Mohenna Kablan