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San Antonio TX United States
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Artist's Statement
BENEATH THE DUST AND CHARRED REMAINS
LIES THE HEARTS OF INNOCENCE SLAIN,
BEYOND THE ROAR OF THE RUSHING WIND
LIES THE REMNANT OF OUR FALLEN FRIENDS.
THROUGH OUR TEARS WE SEE THE DESPAIR
BURNING OUR HEARTS BEYOND COMPARE,
THE DAYS AND MONTHS WILL SLOWLY DRIFT BY
BUT THE MEMORY OF SEPTEMBER 11 WILL NEVER DIE,
YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, NOR WILL WE REST
UNTIL WE FIND THE TRUTH FOR YOUR LOVED ONES LEFT,
WE WILL JOIN AS ONE TO PROTECT AND DEFEND
OUR SOLDIERS ARE READY TO FIGHT UNTIL THE END,
LET US COME NEAR AND JOIN HANDS
AS WE STRUGGLE TO BEAR AND UNDERSTAND,
FOR THOUGH THIS VALLEY BEFORE US IS LONG
WITH PRAYER - WE WILL HEAL AND BECOME STRONG.
THE LEAVES HAVE FALLEN AND THEY COVER THE GROUND
LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO HEAR THEIR SILENT SOUND,
THE EARTH SHALL BURY OUR COMRADES, OUR FRIENDS
AND WE WILL REMEMBER THEM – OUR FELLOW
AMERICANS.
Mark Stumpff
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My name is Mark Stumpff. I am in my tenth year as an English Teacher. I visited New York in February of 2002. I was profoundly affected by the devastation that I saw. The buildings were covered with a green layer of dust. There was debris in the tree outside the church that was nearby the towers. The people visiting were crying and shocked. When I returned home, I wrote a poem that expressed what I believe many people were going through at the time.