[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 49 (Friday, April 26, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E640]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         POEM BY DEBBIE ROGERS

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                           HON. JOHN BOOZMAN

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 25, 2002

  Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to share a poem written by Ms. 
Debbie Rogers of Belleville, Arkansas.
  Ms. Rogers is a mother, and grandmother whose heart was touched by 
the tragedy of September 11, 2001. Although she modestly claims not to 
be a poet, she wrote ``God Bless America,'' a touching poem about 
America while reflecting on our nation's reaction to September 11th. 
With your consent, I ask that it be placed in the Congressional Record 
so that future generations can reflect on her moving thoughts about the 
tragedy.

                           God Bless America

                           (By Debbie Rogers)

     Twin towers once stood regally, but majestic in the sky,
     Pure Evil took them down today, Americans stand and cry.
     Two planes marked for death, As the world observes them 
           crash,
     Once Titanic against the skyline, now scattered in debris and 
           ash.

     Four planes all together, carrying innocent lives on each 
           one,
     Leaving disbelief and carnage, when the Hellish Butchers were 
           done.
     There was no kind of warning, no message did they send,
     And the total devastation, is so hard to comprehend.

     Emergency Crews work frantically, keeping hope always alive,
     they dig with bleeding hands, Praying someone does survive,
     thousands hurt and missing, death lingers in the air,
     Familie in such torment, the world mourns in deep despair.

     Our whole world has been disrupted, As we watch the Breaking 
           News,
     Praying they find survivors, and all the missing clues.
     We need closure for the Families, and Justice for Us all,
     We'll deal with this catastrophe, As Americans we stand tall.

     We're proud to be Americans, We won't take this without a 
           fight,
     We'll rise above the smoke and ash, remembrance in Our heart,
     Of all the innocent Families, these Monsters tore apart.
     Now vengeance seems to call, like a beacon in the night,
     God forgive our thoughts, two wrongs don't make a right.

     But we'll stand on Honor and Justice, there'll be a reckoning 
           day,
     This deed won't go unpunished, God Bless the U.S.A.

  Mr. Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity to honor Ms. 
Rogers's words.

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