We Will Prevail

-A tribute to those who perished on 9/11-

Be the hand that steadies ours if we should falter.

Be the sun that lights our way when days seem dark.

Be our eyes that we may see our lives renewed

past shifted steel.

Be our breath that we may smell the earth beyond

these acrid fumes.

Be our voice when we are thunderstruck by terror

still unseen.

Be our ears that we may hear some sweeter song

than sirens in the night.

Comfort us as whistling winds weave through this now sacred place.

Embrace us with a calm yet fierce resolve to triumph

past this gloom.

We are all the stalwart hearts on earth and will not fail

Whatever cost to humankind,

We will prevail!

© 2001 corrine schlessel