[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 139 (Tuesday, October 16, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1906]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           POEM BY AMY FARLEY

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                            HON. JIM DeMINT

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 16, 2001

  Mr. DeMINT. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call to your attention a 
poem written by one of my constituents, Amy Farley. Amy is one of the 
many youth in our nation who are struggling to deal with the tragedy 
surrounding the September 11 attacks. As the children of today are our 
nation's brightest hope for the future, we should reach out to console 
them and encourage them to express themselves as they cope with these 
unfamiliar times. I would like to commend Amy and her effort to honor 
and remember the events of September 11, 2001 by highlighting the poem 
she submitted to Mauldin High School:

                 A Poem of Tribute . . . . and Warning

         (By Amy Farley, Age 16, Junior at Mauldin High School)

     For the mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers,
     For the colleagues, friends, children, and lovers,
     For the three brave men of flight 93,
     For the 200 fighters under Trade Center debris.

     For Father Michael, the FDNY chaplain
     For the thousands who will never see our flag again
     For the students who ran, their lives in danger
     For our president who acts with quiet anger

     For astronauts who see dust and fire from space
     For each battered, broken, and bloody face
     For the Muslims who have been beaten by racists
     For the FBI, as they search for the terrorists

     For all of America as they watch in horror,
     For Britain, as she watches her crippled daughter
     For France, as they stand in a moment of silence
     For the UN, who condemns such acts of violence

     For Iraqis, who have never known freedom
     For the Afghanistans, trusting the men that lead them
     For the women there who live in fright,
     For the young men coerced by bin Laden to fight

     For the Pentagon, once thought impenetrable
     For those trapped in crevices rendered unreachable
     For the thousands of innocents maimed or killed,
     For the pain and suffering New Yorkers feel

     For the rescuers, convinced that hell's not this bad,
     For the children at home without moms and dads
     For the people who have to clean up the mess,
     For the volunteers who do just as much for less

     For those so hurt that they can't see the light
     For the tables with empty seats tonight,
     For those who eventually have to go back
     For those who saw the sky turn black.

     For all the world, because we've all been affected
     Because of the attack that could not be deflected
     We pray for you all, and hold you near
     As our hearts ache and our eyes tear

     Because of a few violent people out there
     Who just by chance caught the US unaware
     The whole world has been turned upside down
     And now, nothing seems it will ever be sound

     So hear this, world, countrymen and foes
     America will not be disrupted by those
     Who attack viciously in the broad daylight
     We will not surrender this terrible fight

     We will punish who did these heinous crimes
     We will scrape together our nickels and dimes
     So know that we will stand together,
     With liberty and justice for all . . . . FOREVER.

     

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