Thursday, September 11, 2008

Remember the Towers

Seven years ago,
today,
New York
was washed in ash,
gore fell like rain;
loved ones poured
down from the sky.
I was a child
watching people fall--
choosing between
the fire and the air,
which way to go
how to better end
what might have been
happy lives:
family men,
working wives,
single parents...
so few left, alive.
As the tears fell
from my eyes
that morning,
getting set for school,
so did they,
in one form
or another,
from buildings
set afire by:
hatred,
insecurity,
misguided
manipulation,
greed,
and
pride.
Do you recall
the emergency
that revived
our faith,
our prayers,
our community,
from the
inspiration
of
evil acts
when the Towers
were attacked.

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