Mother Liberty by Steve Manchester © 2001 The twins were slain before her eyes on the morn of 9-1-1, when a band of cowards struck them down, in a Kamikaze run. The screams came from a nightmare. The black smoke choked the sky. The hopes and dreams they held within were gone with one last cry.   But mother had been watching, where she stood on the shore. As innocence crashed to its knees, she heard it gasp, "To War..." She'd always promised safety; a better way of life. "They thought they'd kill democracy, with cardboard cutting knives?" While heroes sifted rubble and thousands said good-bye, she realized terror had not won! Her torch was still held high.   She gazed upon the skyline where her twins once stood tall. With pain and rage, she wailed aloud, "You didn't kill us all!" In time, the dust would settle. She'd make the killers see: The spirit of her children was the reason they were free. In the city some say never sleeps, evil chose its path- to taste the fruit of justice; a grieving mother's wrath!