“People always make war when they way they love peace.”

– D. H. Lawrence

As we remember today the tragedy of September 11, 2001, may we purge ourselves of hatred, find courage to overcome fear, and let our hearts be filled with love for all mankind.  Evil triumphs when we return evil.  Evil is defeated only by love.

It hung in the stillness

Of crisp morning air.

I felt it surround me

Amid the black night.

It crept with the Light,

Over cloud-lined horizon;

Illuminating,

Sending darkness away.

It melted my heart,

Sent my tears tumbling down;

And they dried in its warmth

As my heart overflowed.

And its Light filled my eyes

And its magic went flying.

In each place I looked,

I could see it appear:

Peace

© Pamela Stead Jones 2010