Everyday people
With everyday lives
Smitten by hatred
And dogmatic lies
Children come orphans
A nation’s foul cries
Horrible violence
Made widows of wives
Woe for a people
Hot tears in their eyes
So tragic, so horrid
A blow to mankind
From ashes rose solace
Our focus revised
Soared like the phoenix
Our honor, its guise
Forget not this day
For in it you’ll find
A patriot’s motive
A mourner’s soft sigh