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Array ( [sid] => 25981 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => GROUND HEROES [time] => 2003-10-28 22:21:51 [hometext] => For the Firefighters of FDNY, written 9/23/01 [bodytext] => Through the rubble and into death
The smoke within, they catch a breath
On that spot they call ground zero
Emerge the ones I call "ground heroes"

Tirelessly they work
As they did before this terror
Our lives have been all changed
How can anyone bring such horror

Bucket by bucket and
with God's good grace
hope drives them on
as the grief shows on their face

They carry on throughout the night
While the sleeping world forgets
Embracing one another,
So no one has regrets

No one will ever say, they "didn't do enough"
That they "gave up too soon"
For they gave it their all,
And all they gave for us.
~ Robbie ~

Copyright ©2003 Robbie B
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GROUND HEROES

Contributed by robbieb on Tuesday, 28th October 2003 @ 10:21:51 PM in AEST
Topic: AmericanTragedy

Through the rubble and into death
The smoke within, they catch a breath
On that spot they call ground zero
Emerge the ones I call "ground heroes"

Tirelessly they work
As they did before this terror
Our lives have been all changed
How can anyone bring such horror

Bucket by bucket and
with God's good grace
hope drives them on
as the grief shows on their face

They carry on throughout the night
While the sleeping world forgets
Embracing one another,
So no one has regrets

No one will ever say, they "didn't do enough"
That they "gave up too soon"
For they gave it their all,
And all they gave for us.
~ Robbie ~

Copyright ©2003 Robbie B

Copyright Â© robbieb ... [ 2003-10-28 22:21:51]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: GROUND HEROES (User Rating: 1 )
by Peg on Tuesday, 28th October 2003 @ 10:30:32 PM AEST
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Robbie I loved this poem the first time I read it, but after just returning from visiting Ground Zero it means even more. You caught the emotions of all of us who watched the horror that day.
Peg aka Mom

Re: GROUND HEROES (User Rating: 1 )
by Schnikes13 on Tuesday, 28th October 2003 @ 10:42:54 PM AEST
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I agree with Peg.

This poem brought back all the different emotions I felt 9/11 and after that.

Great write, wonderful.

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