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copyright 2014, John J. Rigo. Photo taken on Cedar Creek Lake in Texas on afternoon of 9/11/2014
View from “Oz” on Cedar Creek Lake, Texas, February 25th 2012 at 7 a.m.
“Another View of God’s Church”
Posted in A 9/11 Poem by John J. Rigo Texas' Commentator and Poet, A Personal Story of 9/11, Remembering 9-11 on Memorial Day, What the Anniversary of 9-11 means to me., tagged A High Profile Poem on 9-11, Architectural engineering, George W Bush, Lord, McKinney Texas, New York, New York City, pain, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, September 11 2001, Smithtown, Smithtown New York, War on Terrorism, Warfare and Conflict on September 9, 2014| 1 Comment »
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The following poem was written on the afternoon of 9-11. It relates to the sorrow and pain of our country losing loved ones in a senseless killing of innocence in the deaths of 2,973.
“Red, White and Blue” copyright 9-11-2001 John J. Rigo
Red, White and Blue are the colors before me on this day.
It will be a day remembered by numbers used to summon help.
Nine, One and One, bring only the recall of white dust,
rock, and twisted steel in a sea of sorrow.
Can these tears wash away the pain
that this day brings?
Tears shed for those we love and are no more.
I cry out for my Brothers and Sisters in the depth of pain
that befalls their hearts.
Could there be a greater sin,
then a day so dark?
I think not.
I pray for peace, comfort, and hope,
for the souls rejoined with my Lord this day.
Red, White and Blue,
I cling to thee for hope, peace,
and healing in Thee.
For Thou are the only One,
Who can bring sense to this gruesome day of pain.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Personal Story: I was born and raised in New York City. My younger, and only brother, Richard Rigo of Smithtown, New York worked as a building engineer within blocks of ground zero. He commuted every day to his building in the city from Smithtown.
On the morning of the attacks, my concern was for his safety. Blessfully, he was on his way to work when the attacks began. He returned home safely.
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Proposed Book Jacket for upcoming poetry book, “Passion Amidst Apathy” by John J. Rigo
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Dreams of Revelations
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Poem “Waking Knight” by John J. Rigo. Image courtesy of Google Image search.
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“Am I Now Lost to my Time?” (Revised) copyright 2012 John J. Rigo, with Commentary on President Obama, Upcoming book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”
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Commentary on September 25th, 2014: I am reposting what seems to be a popular poem that I wrote regarding our President. Earlier in the year while undergoing a medial procedure, my doctor and I shared our despise for President Obama. Truthfully, I always choke up when I have to use the word “President” before Obama’s name. If anyone in our history was not worthy of the title, Obama is surely the one. My doctor is of course, an educated man but sadly lives in denial regarding the powers of Obama. His take is that President Obama will never be impeached but is now “boxed in” and will not be able to bring any further harm to our country. I tend to realize that this is the attitude of the majority of educated individuals that I come upon in my daily life. There seems to be a trend where there is a lot of shouting and crying over the lying regime that Obama has put into place in our country but nothing is being accomplished by the Republican party, a party that has truly lost its way in leadership for our country. To my way of thinking reality will only set in when the majority of the white middle class of this country are herded into Federal “Care Camps” under Obama as they await the new gas chambers built by his administration. When that day comes I will be dearly holding my American Flag and fighting to the death in an attempt to save my country from the tyranny of Obama. Somewhere along my journey I stepped into a time machine. I do not remember exactly when it happened. I stepped forward in a strange land where a language was spoken that did not sound like any tongue I knew. The beings looked like me. The planet seemed the same but it was not. There was a new god in this land in this dimension. His name was Obama. I looked closer at the eyes of those about me. Their was a strange blankness in their eyes an emptiness of spirit I could not explain. I eagerly sought a sight of a flag pole to see what land I might be in. My eyes sought the Red, White and Blue. Instead I looked with fright upon a flag all to familiar from a past election. It was the flag of Obama. God did not save us.Share this:
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