TO THE INNOCENT PEOPLE OF AMERICA

When terror strikes a human soul,

Anywhere on this planet,

Everybody feels the pain,

the tragedy and the torment.

It does not matter we are black or white,

It does not matter what's our creed,

We are children of Adam and Eve,

And from dust were we made to breed.

If the Twin Towers came falling down,

If thousands lost their lives and loves,

Sensitive hearts around the world,

Feel the horrors and the sorrows.

Satanic evils swim in some veins,

To cause harm is their heinous game,

To trace them and then root them out,

Must be our purpose and our aim.

Let not innocents bear burden,

Of someone's sin, someone unknown,

Let's not succumb to terror,

Let's trace the culprits who have sown,

The seed of discord and enmity,

Between Adam and Eve's progeny.

Let us be calm and sane and wise,

Only then can we find replies -

Replies to why havoc was wrought,

On the Black Day - before our eyes.

It's not New York or Washington,

That have seen demolition,

It's all the nations of the globe,

Threatened with doom and destruction.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Composed after the WTC and Pentagon terror attacks on September 11, 2001.

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