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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Impact - Poem for Marilena Librescu

In Israel, we visited with Marilena Librescu, who is the wife of Liviu Librescu, the Professor who saved a classroom full of students on April 16, 2007. I wrote this for her.

Impact
What effect can one dollar, one person have on the world?
Liviu Librescu, an education, father, husband, companion, friend, proud Israeli, Hokie, and a Hero
Impact
Courage, more than just a word; rather an action.
A fraction.
Of what we will ever experience
The Holocaust, Immigration, and then the Ultimate Sacrifice
But, there's still life...
Within our souls, our minds, and our thoughts
Impact
On his students, on America, on Israel, and around the World
A choice, a voice.
His heart, a start
His passion, his action
His wisdom, our knowledge
Impact
Brilliant, yet humble, sincere, and kind
A family man who was genuine all the time
Honorable, the epitome of Ut Prosim
Time is frozen...
The past is never dead, it isn't even past
His memories will last.
Forever, living within our souls
Forever, growing our minds
Forever, realized in our thought
Our angel lives today
Impact

Brandon Carroll

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