deedeewisdom

We Are the People

We are the people
We heard Patrick Henry
As he cried “There is no peace.”

We heard Paul Revere
And saw the lantern in the tower

We saw the father of our land
As he crossed the Delaware
As he addressed the brave soldiers

We battled brother against brother at Gettysburg
Our blood remains on that sacred soil

We landed on the beach at Normandy
And saved the world from Hitler

We marched hungry and hopeless at Bataan
We lay in the jungles of Vietnam
Wondering where our leaders were leading us

We are the people

We felt the collapse of the Twin Towers
We suffocated in the dust
And prayed for those around us

We stand together, only knowing
That what we possess is precious
And beyond any one time in history

We stand together, only knowing
That we cannot surrender

Only knowing that what our fathers
Died for
Is what we must live for

Diane Findlen Garrow
2002