September 11, 2001   A good friend asked me if I thought we would celebrate the Holidays this year   

                               This was my reply to him....

There really must be Christmas this year

In this torn and darkened world

We'll trim our tree and on its top:

Our nation's flag, unfurled.

We'll light the lights and tell our kids

"Each light you see is a prayer!"

A prayer for all those innocent souls

Who now dwell in peace Up There.

What horrors we saw will always be

Forever in our torn soul

Our hearts will cry, our hearts will break

Because of such evil untold,

That visited us that horrific day

And took so many away

And tore apart our lives, our hearts,

Our souls -- that fateful day.

But when we light our tree we will

Remember when we see its lights-

Majestic towers whose brief beautiful years

Gave splendor to Manhattan nights,

And the bright dear souls whose lives were taken

By the evil that stole them away.

Oh God why did our loved ones have to leave

So tragically that day????

How can we go on? We who have lost

So much, so many so dear.........

Our tortured souls, our anguished cries

For loved ones who are no longer here.

Whose tragic deaths, on that horrible day

Tore our hearts, our souls, our minds.

But we must go on and we must be brave

And we must create, and find

Hope, and peace, and love and resolve

To make this a better place

Where nations unite in peace and REAL love

No matter what creed or race.

There really must be Christmas this year

May peace reign absolute and true!

May God's Light and Love and Goodness

And Strength be always surrounding you.

Copyright © 2001 Azar "Ace' Attura

I am devastated by what has happened in our lives. This has touched us all.

May God preserve and protect us all.  I hope our generation soon sees the day when true peace and goodness reign on earth now and forever.