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Walter Fitzwater
walterfitzw@clearwire.net
Jacksonville, FL USA

 

A Time in September

It was the eleventh of September

And the morning light filled the air

Twisting through the canyons of the City,

The hazy Sun was rising like a big ball of fire.

 

Suddenly the routine stopped, interrupted

By a shattering blast soaring from the sky,

As if the Sun itself had exploded

Alarming shouts of disbelief stunned the senses.

 

The pieces fell along the building side

And a solid wall which once stood high

Like a curtain of fire broke apart,

Leaving a gaping hole that shocked our sight.

 

As our numbness filled the room, not once

But twice, the phenomenon was displayed again

Of the spectacle we had witnessed in horror

Forever imprinted in our minds.

 

When the horror of disbelief sill remained

Of the two slender Ladies standing,

Tumbling down in dismay they came

Obliterating everything in their way.

 

The silence of the mushroom cloud

Billowed from a smoldering pile of smoke

And the dust that infiltrated our human pores

Was the only reminder of the devastation we had bore.

 

When we could not fathom anymore

Shouting began of another attack

Perpetrated on the very halls of The Pentagon

As lives shattered and dreams scattered.

 

And then again, in a field far away it occurred

That from the sky a metal bird fell deviated

From an unknown path but its own

Sadly written on the sands some time before.

 

As we laid in ruins at the end of the day

I offered a prayer shouting to the sky

And asked in wonder what can be done

To honor the innocent dead, Peace and nevermore.

 

 

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