By:
Everett Marc Lautin, M.D.
And from my dust, and from my ashes,
Arose a structure, that none surpasses.
Arrow straight it pierced the sky,
And was most pleasing to the eye.
It rose with hope and a prayer,
That free men must always dare.
To rise above hate and terror,
Malevolence and human error.
For those of terror, malevolence, and malice,
Threw down a gauntlet, and destroyed a palace.
These jihad zealots who live off hate,
Must be forced to supplicate.
The price of freedom is always high,
Too many men had to die.
Heroes all they fought for the cause,
That right and justice must not pause.
Across the nation, around the globe,
Let freedom ring and hope unfold.
In the land of the free and the home of the brave,
A magnificent symbol to honor is raised.
A brilliant icon greets the rising sun,
A brave new era has now begun.