Paul's daughter Irene Melina Hickman reads his poem:
The history of a country can be known by its music.
You think you know how it feels to watch without
The ability to stop it.
As the structures collapse. As the fire maneuvers its
Way through the halls-windows and beams. Weakened
By the fire, the structures fall into ashes.
The laboring pain of the creators gone up in smoke
Caused by the vile deed of a false report.
That was 100 years ago
There they stood gazing into the empty streets with
The piles of burnt wood-melting steel and smoldering
Papers- pictures family heirlooms gone into the
Ashes of the wood from whence they came.
The Silence for 100 years
As they trod on the footsteps left by those whose hands
-Blood-sweat and tears labored to build a street
Envied by many.
They- the emancipated heirs of the former enslaved builders
Stand on their paths. Now the aftermath - just remnants
Of ashes and dust as far as their eyes could see.
The Silence for 100 years
And they have stood stoically patience waiting for
That which will not -rightfully come.
And that was 100 years ago- to this day!
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