As a child I watched TV

And saw heros save the day

They wore red capes and cowboy hats

And drove bad guys away.

 

And as I grew, my heros

Took on a different form

My heros were my mom and dad

Who loved and kept us warm

 

Throughout my life, my heros

Were family and friends,

Teachers, neighbors, clergymen

Unselfish guidance they extend

 

So many I’ve looked up to

For guidance and advice

We all need heros in our life

To make each day feel nice

 

Not everything in life is good

As some wear hearts of black

On one fine September day

Such evilness did attack

 

I stood in shock and tearfully watched

As flames ripped through the towers

Such inhumanity did occur

Within those darkest hours

 

There were more explosions

As they hit the Pentagon

My heart yelled out for it to "stop!"

But so many lives were gone

One missing flight named ninety- three

Was somewhere still in flight

With all the terror going on

I cried in desperate fright

Little did the world know then

That heros would victims be

They fought and turned the plane around

And brought terror to its knees

 

Soon the world would know the story

Of the brave ones on that flight

They saved so many lives that day

Although they lost the fight.

 

Soon the Towers would have to fall

While four thousand angels flew

We’ll not forget the heros, brave

And most we never knew

 

Our freedom will not ever fall

As the towers did that day

As heros are fighting for us all

Many thousand miles away

 

And through the piles of rubble

Our heros search and pray

To find the souls of angels

Who lost their lives that day

 

There are so many heros

And you and I are too

Hand in hand, together we stand

When we wave the red, white, and blue

 

Dedicated to the heros and victims

of the September 11th terrorist attacks

 

--Aunt Sadie

Copyright 2001-2002

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