Oct. 4, 2008

In my last post I wrote about the Victims Rights Week service we attended. I'd like to share the words to a song that is played on CD every year at this service. We are supposed to sing along, but most of us by then are too weepy, so we simply listen!

WE ARE THE SURVIVORS by R. Wright

There are those of us whose mothers have been taken from our arms.THERE ARE THOSE OF US WITH CHILDREN WE COULD NOT KEEP SAFE FROM HARM.There are those of us who've lived to see our fathers lose their lives.And each and every one of us survives.

CHORUS:We are the survivors, left behind to carry on.We are the survivors, joined together we are strong.We will speak out for our loved ones who were not given a choice.We are the survivors, hear our voice.

Maybe some of us have brothers who were here, but now they're gone.You can ask about our sisters, because their memory is strong.We are sons and we are daughters, we are husbands, we are wives.And each and every one of us survives.

REPEAT CHORUS

With a part of us that never heals, and a fear of the unknown,there's a strength in knowing through it all, we are not alone.

REPEAT CHORUS