But because of who I am when I am with you.

I love you because of all the goodness

That you find and discover in me.

I love you because you know when

To laugh at me or when to take me seriously.

I love you because when I met you

It didn’t take me long to lose my heart.

I love you because I love the way that you look

At me and smile at me.

But most of all, I love the way

I love you more

Each and every day.

September 11, 2001

A day of tragedy in the golden sun

Not just one life was shattered and torn

Thousands no longer will be as when born

Our country, a place we can be free

Was shattered and torn for all to see

Frozen in time, planes crashing, a total of four

Taking lives, heroes, forever more

But we are Americans and we’ll fight back

Against this evil and horrendous act

No one can bury or kill our nation so strong

We will rebuild in steel, concrete and song

You can’t take us down, from land or flights above, we

Are Americans and we’ll defend this land we love

So while we mourn and pray for lives lost

For heroes trying to save others, no matter the cost

We will rebound and remember to fear us, yes you must

Because we are Americans on our land and in

God we trust…

Life is a journey up and down a mountain.

At a young age,

You begin your climb.

Uncomfortable and dependant on others,

You go on out of curiosity.

Soon, the world seems different,

And questions arise.

Traveling on and on,

You pick up what you need to survive,

Or you fall off the mountain

Far too early.

Eventually,

You reach the top,

And you begin to descend into delusion.

Your apex is long gone,

As you transcend roles.

You may have experienced a lot,

But time is not on your side

As you are going down.

Your bones and muscles are stiff,

Being prime is just a memory.

You start,

As you began.

After this trip, you are back at the bottom of the mountain,

And dependent on others

Until you finally step off the mountain

Into oblivion.

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