Never Falter, Never Fall

This country has been hit, but make no mistake;
Ours is a nation whose foundation no one can shake.
Above this country’s anguished wail,
Victory and justice shall prevail,
And the freedom ship will never cease to sail.

Though our tears of grief continuously flow,
Our strength runs deep; out of tragedy, unity shall grow.

Our foundation is freedom, and on that we proudly stand;
One nation undivided, for love of country, for love of this great land.

In a few jumbled moments, thousands of lives were halted,
In a corrupted land-- a heartless place-- dark cruelty exalted.
The blood and the tears forged a river of grief
For those lives taken by a murderous thief.
Though angry and shocked and bathed in sorrow,
Our people are one, we shall not wallow;
Instead we shall rise up and look to tomorrow.

From the ashes of hate, there surely shall rise,
With grace and approval in God’s loving eyes,
An army of the souls of both dead and alive
Standing together to fight and to strive;

For we are one country, one nation, one people.
Our battle cry shall be heard from steeple to steeple,
From land to shining land, from heart to bleeding heart.
Rest assured, we will finish what they had the gall to start.

We will fight this fight, for freedom and for those who died so senselessly.
We will find these murderers, we will hunt them down relentlessly.
They will pay for their sins, both before and beyond death;
They will fear our united wrath with every heartbeat, with every breath.
They will be brought to justice for the havoc they’ve brought upon our nation.
They will not go unpunished for the war they’ve declared upon civilization.

America has suffered and Americans have cried;
Our leaders, our citizens still mourn for those who’ve died.

It is the gravest of states in which we find ourselves today;
But we shall not stand for long, immobile with dismay.

For strength runs through our veins, love of freedom through our blood.
With the grace of God upon our brow, we are all bound by brotherhood.

God bless Americans, every race, one and all.
God bless our country whose President stands proud and tall.
In our fight for liberty, peace, and justice for all,
God bless our soldiers; may they never falter, may they never fall.



Copyright © 2002 by Elizabeth Ann Lopez


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