| Collection |
Oklahoma City National Memorial Chairs Collection |
| Date |
05/02/2000 |
| Description |
This poem was removed from Captain Randolph Guzman's chair on May 2, 2000, shortly after the Fifth Anniversary, April 19, 2000.
The poem reads:
April 19, 1995, A Marine's Last Day
I heard a loud bang is all I recall,
"Excuse me sir, what is all the commotion?"
People are running around
with stone cold emotions.
This burning sensation,
tall walls built of flames.
Part of this building is missing.
Part of it's swaying.'
The dust is so thick
I can barely see.
Why are all these firemen
looking down at me?
Nobody would answer
or tell me a thing.
What's happened? Where are they,
my other Marines?"
I'm going home now;
it seems like I'm flying.
Honey, I'm home,
Why are you crying?"
Tell me what's wrong.
It's just a bad dream;
everyone running around
with so many screams.
Please Lord,
would you kindly explain.
what's happened?
who is to blame?"
Do I have to come now?
There is so much to do.
Oh Lord! My God!
It really is you!
I'm floating away,
everything's so quiet and calm.
The children are all sleeping
in the Lord's palm.
I'm going to heaven
to be your guardian angel.
To watch over and protect you
from every angle.
By T. Mark McKee (copyright)
In Memory of Captain Randolph Guzman
The second page, dated 4-19-00, states that Mark McKee, Red Cross Rescuer, wrote and dedicated the poem to Guzman because he had been on the sixth floor of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, where the U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Office was located and had observed Guzman's broken photo and office belongings listing his name. |
| Object ID |
7016 |
| Object Name |
Poem |
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