United

A snake descended upon our borders, A carnation of evil, unseen, unheard, Unbeknownst to us, approaching, invading our defenses, Catching us unaware, with our pants around our ankles, Dashing our beliefs, demolishing our sense of security, Leaving us cold within the dead of dawn. Launching a ball of destruction, an element of ourselves, Tumbling brick and mortar to ash, leaving us to wonder, To answer their cowardly call with our own patroitic shouts, With claws drawn, and vengeance screaming upon our lips, We prepare to stand tall, united and join together. No sneaking down back alley's shall we go, Or prey upon weaker souls, Face to face, right to the front door, We need no terrorist's games, But a simple knock upon their front door, Merrily waving "Hello" as we whisper "Goodbye", Ending their terrorist threat, Knowing in the end, a lesson well taught. Hand-n-hand, standing beside each other, Joined in sorrow, blessed together, Knowing the fiends at hand shall end their fate, Marching them straight to hell's gates, And to the devil's breast, yet in the end, In the end, we stand tall, united and blessed. Simple shutters drawn tight No light to see, no warmth to know, Fluttering of hearts beating, Bursting flames, lights dimished, No joy to see, no love to hold, Anger bursting, consuming fire, Foretelling doom, shadows falling, Basketing in the aftermath. No soul asked for the gates to tumble, But one by one mortality is faced, And our own foreshadowed Whispering hope, joining hands, Knowing together we stand, United and blessed, For in the end, in the end We shall truimph over the hellish sorrow. As silence settles about us, and aftermath fills our senses, We band as one, wanting justice, Wanting the nightmare to be a nightmare, But in the end, we are united.... Written January 10th, 2002 © on Jan 09 2002 10:12 PM PST   10 • 0 • 9