Just been outside and an almost gale force wind is blowing About a hundred yards away stands a stately oak Bending in the wind Small twigs and leaves being stripped away But That hundred year old tree stands tall taking all that nature can throw at it Just as we in the free world bend and sway before the terrorist threat And yes our twigs break and people die We might bend but we will never break because eventually we know the threat will wither and die Like the bending tree WE WILL survive