remembering

The other day I can across a poem I wrote on September 11, 2001. It seemed unfinished, until I reflected on it today and wrote a bit more. I have been a little reflective in light of it being a decade since that fateful, ultimately, world changing day. Life is certainly different now, than it was then.

September 11, 2001

The day the world changed

Four planes hijacked

Two towers crumbled

Thousands lost their lives

It seemed so far away

And yet it seemed so close

September 11, 2001

Nothing will ever be the same

An act of terror changes all

What once seemed impossible

Is now reality in my corner of the world

A safe place seems safe no longer

The world is forever changed

September 11, 2011

Ten years later

The world is a different place

Forever changed by one day

That no one can forget

There is no going back

To what it was before

September 11, 2011

The events of a decade ago

Still etched on everyone's minds

As if they happened yesterday

So many heroes died that day

As they tried to save another

They will not be forgotten

Just a little while ago, I came across this link to a video that was a moving tribute to those on 9/11.