Monday, September 11, 2006
For whom the bells toll
Sept 11. Five years ago, this was just another date on the calender. Another day to get back to work, an entire day to plan for. Those in the air rejoiced as some waited to touch homesoil and kiss their loved ones. It's been too long. No one, except a handful knew of the impending doom the world was to face. The entire act committed out of misplaced beliefs took mere minutes- the towers came crashing down one day. And in that moment, the world was changed forever.
Where once the mighty structures stood tall and proud, reaching up to the skies, a symbol of the country's pride and success therein lies a gaping hole. A void, like the ones in the hearts of many. Ground Zero. The resting place of many- their stories left untold. Photos taken have been hidden, collectively concluded to be taboo.
Sept 11. That day the world changed forever. In a couple of hours' time, as we listen to a President, we mark the senseless loss of lives. Shouldn't it have been a day of reckoning? A day of reflection? Yet I look at the world today and I weep. We have barely learnt the lessons we stood to gain that day as thousands continue to stain our Mother red. The preps are still free, spreading their miguided views of jihad, corrupting the minds of impressionable others.
Sept 11 marked the end of the world as we knew it; a world where people saw beyond the colour of our skin, beyond our religion, beyond the names gifted to us. Sept 11 heralded the start of a war with no end in sight.
For whom the bells toll.
My brethen, cease the fights.
Remember the Fallen.
Let not their lives be in vain
They died so we could live
So let's work together
And give peace a chance.
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Give Peace A Chance by John Lennon.
Two, one two three four
Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m.
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
C'mon
Ev'rybody's talking about Ministers,
Sinisters, Banisters and canisters
Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes,
And bye bye, bye byes.
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Let me tell you now
Ev'rybody's talking about
Revolution, evolution, masturbation,
flagellation, regulation, integrations,
meditations, United Nations,
Congratulations.
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Ev'rybody's talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary,
Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper,
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer,
Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna,
Hare, Hare Krishna
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(My 100th post- dedicated to the fallen of Sept 11. May the misguided fools rot in hell.)
Transmitted on 12:56 AM
