I Remember 9/11

September 11th

I remember you

A bird, a plane, out of the blue

Colliding and crashing

On our on soil

Crumbling and smashing

Our hearts

I was six years old, then

Sitting at school

Worrying about my pigtails

Did I look cool?

How do you define

Regret and sorrow

You took away lives

You did not ask to borrow.

Like a spoiled child

stamping their feet

You made hundreds of people

That weren't meant to meet

The light at the end of the tunnel

Quick like a bee sting

Quick like a hurricane

The winds soared

The angels sing

September 11th

I remember you

A bird, a plane, out of the blue

And as for the people

who no longer thrive

We remember this day

To keep your souls alive.

Reviews

[Aarontastic]

Beautiful tribute. I Al'so like the personal touch of describing your own experience/perception of that fateful day. I was pretty you g when it happened too, and it's crazy how much my view of 9/11 has changed between now and then--when it happened. I was more exhilarated than anything else tbh, because I knew it was a historic event. Now I'm much more sensitive to all the pain that it caused, even though I did not know anyone involved and was very isolated from the incident.

[Beka Perry]

Omg. I love it! It made me cry.

[KeithF'water]

Good Job, I just wrote a short tribute poem also , it's a severe poem tho, not made for all.

[Lina Grey]

I only remember my mother trying to push me upstairs as it played out on the television. It was a terrible, tragic event, and I've heard a number of witness accounts in school over the years, and known survivors and victims' families, and although I didn't actually know any victms, it is still a very personal event for me and Americans everywhere. This is a very solemn and powerful piece. Thank you.