Poem: 'Another Day of Infamy'
Our mission today in humble spirit, is not to celebrate
Simply to remember, and commemorate
The healing hands of time, have soothed the grief and pain
Leaving only scars, to ponder and remain
Forever embedded in our mind, another day of infamy
Calamity by those whose charge, is death to liberty
Innocents died, harm’s way be still intact
Scales do balance, justice will extract
Eye for eye, indemnity will not suffice
Terrorist pay, much more handsome price
Never to be paid in full, thousands have been harmed
Evil nation set your course, we are so informed
Waked by radical Islamic demons, in the sky
Our Nation standing reply, ours to do or die
Brutal acts brought down, New York’s twin towers
Ten years hence on hallowed ground, we lay sweet flowers
Such monstrous deed, went not without reprise
Seeming eternal war unleashed, infernos bitterly to realize
Strong in our minds, from then to now remain
Indelible the day, of agony and pain
Vigilance in defense of liberty need be extreme
Tyranny must be stopped and freedom rule supreme
— C. Clifton Robinson, 2011
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