I crawled in a spirit-haunted place Made wild by souls that moan and mourn; And Death leered by with mangled face -Ah God! I prayed, I prayed for dawn.

Anonymous
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While sitting in a dark, smoky bar, near the site of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, these lyrics struck me by their haunting truth: "I crawled in a spirit-haunted place / Made wild by souls that moan and mourn / And Death leered by with mangled face. / Ah God! I prayed, I prayed for dawn." In those words lie the themes of life and death as well as the struggle to find meaning amidst the darkness. In them lie a message of hope as well as a plea for help from another world.

Source: Memory Poems Of War And Love

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