SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

"Honor and Remember them"
we hear the words again.
We had some benefactors
and listened now and then.

Freedom's costly calendar
has a brand new circled date;
Innocents and Innocence
the casualties of hate.

The bottom line has changed for us
in minutes, black to red
Our loss, compounded daily
in the living and the dead.

Stock we held in freedom,
we watched it as it fell.
Our precious stock will rise again;
it's one we'll never sell.

Our Veterans paid this price before.
These sisters and these brothers
have known that "Freedom is not Free."
but some pay more than others.

Those words are so much clearer now
The cost we sadly see
withdrawn from hearts' and souls' accounts
from Sea to Shining Sea.

Home and Freedom in the balance
the costs are everywhere
and "God Bless America"
Not just a song ~ Our prayer.

©Copyright September 12, 2001 by Lucille J. Biscaglio

With greatest Respect and in Tribute to all who paid