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I wanted to post this once more, I wrote it to show my deep appreciation for those lost and those who continue the search in NY. Thank you all.
The Call
As I woke that morning
Like I do every day,
I kissed my wife hello
Then went on my way.
I made my way downstairs
To my children's room,
I kissed them both, and held them tight,
Just like I always do.
Time to head for the Station
The one I call the Best,
It is my time to relieve those
Who have worked hard and had no rest.
We sat and watched the morning news
A ritual around here,
And to our utter disbelief
What we saw, was our Biggest fear.
An airplane hit the Tower?
Now you're saying Two?
How can this be?
I can't believe someone would do this, but who?
We all were called to the scene
It was already a 5 alarm,
It was our job to rescue those
And get them far from harm.
We never had a second thought
about running in those towers,
More and more of my Brothers came
We had no idea that we had just one hour.
We climbed the stairs floor by floor
Smoke quickly filling the air,
Some of the people needed us
We could hear in their despair.
The flames, the smell, the fear we saw
It was like nothing we saw before,
Yet we kept on climbing up
Surely there were more.
As we helped and rescued those
Who were shocked with disbelief,
The tower came down on top of us
We couldn't rise to our feet.
We were just doing our jobs we say
It is true till this day,
If We had it to do again,
Hell yeah is what we would say!
So to those forces that took our life
I say this to you straight,
You may have taken us away
But beware of your soon coming Fate.
You see we are just people too
Americans standing proud.
We may be gone but look around
There are millions of us in the crowds.
We stand there proudly straight and tall
Holding our flags so high.
Tears come down because we know
Those lost didn't get to say good-bye.
They call us the finest of policemen
But we were just doing our work.
The bravest of Firefighters are what we are called
And we are all from New York.
Hold my wife, pray for her
The healing will take time.
Please hug my kids for me again,
Tell them I am doing just fine.
Jen Maxwell
Texas
The Call
As I woke that morning
Like I do every day,
I kissed my wife hello
Then went on my way.
I made my way downstairs
To my children's room,
I kissed them both, and held them tight,
Just like I always do.
Time to head for the Station
The one I call the Best,
It is my time to relieve those
Who have worked hard and had no rest.
We sat and watched the morning news
A ritual around here,
And to our utter disbelief
What we saw, was our Biggest fear.
An airplane hit the Tower?
Now you're saying Two?
How can this be?
I can't believe someone would do this, but who?
We all were called to the scene
It was already a 5 alarm,
It was our job to rescue those
And get them far from harm.
We never had a second thought
about running in those towers,
More and more of my Brothers came
We had no idea that we had just one hour.
We climbed the stairs floor by floor
Smoke quickly filling the air,
Some of the people needed us
We could hear in their despair.
The flames, the smell, the fear we saw
It was like nothing we saw before,
Yet we kept on climbing up
Surely there were more.
As we helped and rescued those
Who were shocked with disbelief,
The tower came down on top of us
We couldn't rise to our feet.
We were just doing our jobs we say
It is true till this day,
If We had it to do again,
Hell yeah is what we would say!
So to those forces that took our life
I say this to you straight,
You may have taken us away
But beware of your soon coming Fate.
You see we are just people too
Americans standing proud.
We may be gone but look around
There are millions of us in the crowds.
We stand there proudly straight and tall
Holding our flags so high.
Tears come down because we know
Those lost didn't get to say good-bye.
They call us the finest of policemen
But we were just doing our work.
The bravest of Firefighters are what we are called
And we are all from New York.
Hold my wife, pray for her
The healing will take time.
Please hug my kids for me again,
Tell them I am doing just fine.
Jen Maxwell
Texas
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