9/11/2001

Those martyred in the towers

twenty years today

were sacrificed by terrorists

as message they’d convey

 

They hoped their act of violence

would prove their power to

dictate to our nation

and threaten me and you.

 

We found that they awakened us

to that which we hold dear...

our pride in facing crises

with fervor and not fear.

 

And every anniversary

of this so tragic day

pledge to vow we will not let

our fervor e’er decay.