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LONDON 7/7 MEMORIAL: STAND TOGETHER July, 2009
For those who lost, for those who lost their lives, for those who were injured, for those who were appalled, for a city - it's people, it's hope, it's future ... and for those of us who travel on the underground ("tube") each and every day and cannot forget. It is an unfortunate fact of life that in our world - all of ours - suicide bombs from lunatics that seek only to destroy impact us all. In this war of humanity in which no humanity is shown, we all do our best to survive and dream of better things to be. We have to be better.
What strange humanity this tube does confine
when traveling down the northern line –
the fleeting glances, the distant stares,
the occasional peasant dodging fares –
the crush, the crash of cultures show
what bombs and terror can never know –
that this is a vibrancy from all over the world
where hope and life together are hurled
to survive, to grow, to cherish, to nourish
within Londons heart where dreams do flourish,
glimpsed in the faces of the silent many
who hope and who dream and who struggle each and every day
in unspoken dignity their lives refine
as their hearts abound on the northern line –
this great heartbeat of this great city,
we will always stand together.
Regards
JS
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