September 11th, 2001

Dedicated to anyone who had been unfortunate to be old enough during 9/11 to know what had occured. I am thankful I wasn't one of them.

It was a morning

Like any other

But it was the day my whole life

Changed

 

I remember

Looking up at the sky

Squinting in the sun

Wondering

Why the plane was flying

So low

In the sky

Wondering

What was happening

 

And then

Just like that

There was no struggle

None of us could’ve done

Anything

To stop it

We watched

The American Airlines Flight 11

Sail through the air

Watched as it

Crashed

Into The World Trade Center

 

I remember

The gasps

The momentary silence

And then all hell broke loose

 

I don’t remember

Who did it first

But after a single blood-curdling scream

We began to chorus

Shrieking

 

But I didn’t do anything

I stayed perfectly still

Rooted to the spot

Silent

Like those statues of angels

In the graveyard

 

My blood was cold

My face a mask

My heart had almost stopped

My mother was in there

 

I remember falling to my knees

Sobbing

As finally

My hope departed

My mother was

On the 106^th floor

 

That day

In a single morning

A single moment

I lost

Everything I ever had

I lost

Love

And family

I lost myself

I retreated into

The shell inside me

Turning myself to stone

I lost

Everything I ever had

 

On that fateful morning

Of September eleventh

2001

Author's Note

R. I. P. 9/11 victims. Peace to their families. God bless you all.

Reviews

[Eric Cox]

A very sad tale in this, imagery is penned well with impact, a very sad day, excellent work.

[rae52]

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amazing

[The Analog Kid]

Very nice tribute to the victims of 9/11

[Crystal Marie Rome]

I have tears in my eyes right now, this is so beautiful.
Do your best. =)

[MirageDreamer]

i don't really know what to say, except that this really makes you think and remember back to that day ten years ago

[Rose of Gondor]

Note to everyone who reads this (and I"m putting this in a review because I'm too lazy to edit just to do an author's note): Thank goodness I was too young to comprehend what happened on 9/11/2001 but I feel deeply for everyone who did, and most of all, everyone who lost someone they cared about that day.

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:') so well said and so beautiful yeah 9/11 a moment that will forever change us all to rise from our ashes. Beautiful. :)

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Speech lesss god bless all victim great poem