We Were One
Sep 11, 2007 hat box
I wrote this a couple of years after 9/11. This year, as the anniversary approached, I couldn’t let go of the memories, and the deep sense of loss augmented by our country’s fragmented state — so I decided to post this lyric.
That warm September morning started out like other days
A kiss goodbye a whisper gotta make the train by 8:00
The workday barely started when the tragedies began
America was under fire devastation gripped our land
Terror and destruction brought our country to its knees
Waking up the passion in a pride that runs so deep
In the matter of an instant we put differences aside
Boldly came together turning darkness into light
We were one
One nation under God
We picked each other up when the going got real tough
We were one
Stars and Stripes lay battered
Our lives changed forever on that day
We were one
I wonder how it happened seems it wasn’t long ago
We held each other crying sharing grief for those we lost
Now points of view divide us over who should bear the blame
So wrapped up in our differences we forgot how on that day
We were one
One nation under God
We picked each other up when the going got real tough
We were one
Stars and Stripes lay battered
Our lives changed forever on that day
We were one
Copyright (c) A. Melendez
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