9.11

It felt as if 9.10
never was,

and 9.12
would never be.

That night
we huddled closely
with those we loved,
watched each memory
of the familiar life we knew
helplessly slip through our fingertips -
gone, forever,
as we searched for
answers
in that vacant, darkened sky.

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About This Poem

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Country/Region: United States

Favorite Poets: I tend to read Ted Kooser, Jim Harrison, Billy Collins, Paul Simon, Robert Frost. I like minimalist poetry, and poems reflecting on nature and Mother Earth.

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Comments

Lavender

4 years 9 months ago

Hello, Teddy

A major life changing event for the world, and even though the years go by, it still feels the same.
Thanks so much for reading!
L

Lavender

4 years 9 months ago

Hello, Jerry

I suppose there will never be answers for such actions.
Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts!
L

Geezer

4 years 9 months ago

I too...

remember the horror of the "Breaking News" seeing the tower smoking and spitting life. Then while I was held in absolute numbness, the second plane, on "Live TV" smashing into the other tower. Incredulous, I wondered what madness had struck the world. Though I know the motivation; I cannot fathom the peversity of the minds of men who are so willing to sacrifice the lives of innocents and I claim no relationship to the slime that would perpetrate such a cruel deal with the Devil himself. Just as I can not understand the savagery that let the bombing of Hiroshima or Nagasaki happen. Maybe now, that we have in fact suffered such a catastrophic event ourselves, we should teach our children what we have also done and we will not have another such thing happen. Maybe? Good write and made me think. ~ Geez.
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Lavender

4 years 9 months ago

Hi, Geezer

Hard to understand such unfathomable actions on this precious blue planet. Like you, I hope generations to come are able to prevent such horrors.
Thank you for reading - take good care!
L