Anniversary of an Attack, September 11, 2009
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Anniversary of an Attack, September 11, 2009
September Eleventh Two Thousand and One,
Why do you haunt me today from morning until the day is done?
Why did I have to see so much death at one time?
Why can I never get you out of my mind?
I love New York City, like the slogan once read,
If I had visited the World Trade Centers on that day...I would be dead,
I hurt from the realness of it all,
I’ll never forget how I felt as I watched your buildings fall.
Washington, DC, the home of my government to me,
I can’t believe someone attacked the center for our military,
And lined up other targets in their aim,
Until our Heroes, brought down their own plane.
The sirens, and the sheetrock dust,
The crashing planes, and the failing truss,
The firemen rushing in when they should be fleeing,
The policeman who stood his ground despite what he was seeing.
The sad fact that so many died that day,
So many in our military sent since then, gone into harm’s way,
How long before those responsible all pay?
Why must we still listen to what these terrorists got to say!
Some have reached out with a conspiracy theory,
But me, I know what it is that I believe…could be…
That we became a great and mighty nation, and believed we would go unharmed,
We had our moments to draw a line in the sand, but many times stood down…unarmed!
We are not so far above it, that someone can’t find a way to use us for a notch in their belt,
I don’t ever want to see this kind of thing happen again, I’m reminded this day how it felt.
On this day on September 11, 2001…
Our world became a dangerous place and lost even more innocent fun.
Passenger Planes were sent to attack our own personal landmarks,
Many People’s lives were snuffed out like rushing water over single sparks.
The Flames cascaded from NYC towers high,
And touched me, far away, where I sat at the TV to cry.
9-11; I keep you in my memory…Now I keep my gun also loaded,
In case, some terrorists got any ideas that something else needs to be exploded.
But the innocent lives lost, is the hardest casualty of the War on Terror that I know,
The devil keeps a special place for those responsible in the Circles of Hell; 9th Row!
Copyright © 2009
(This was originally written in 2006...so some of this topic has been well discussed by 2009...yet this event still has changed our country for forever. So on: 2009, 2010, 2011, and on...Each Anniversary...I want to be reminded of what it felt like to be Attacked...and what it has cost us in lifes...and the loss of the previous 9-11 Freedom we felt within our own borders! Thank you to those that served our country on this fateful day...all the ones afterwards...and those who did well in advance of that day...All those that have enabled our current Freedom while within our own borders...in the first place!)
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judydianne: Yes...it sure has. What would our world be today without 9-11...Yet, I guess we would still be on a new path towards some kind of destruction. It's just what people do...to other people! Thanks for your thought provoking comment...Thanks for reading this poem on 9-11.
“The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.” JP Curran
May we be forever vigilant, Manly, and I thank you for this poetic remembrance...9-11 should have been the final wake up call, but I fear the more distant that day the less committed we are to defeat this threat to civilization...Larry
Maven: I agree with the comments you made in that last paragraph 100%...Well said, M101! Thanks for commenting on my remembrance poem.
I was in my bank today and needed to write down the date and I said, oh man, it's 9-11 today, then I said a prayer for them.
Sciantel: Yes...it snuck up rather quickly this year. Last year...in my neck of the woods...we were getting ready for a big hurricane...and all I could do was look up at the calender...and say a prayer! Thanks for your comment.
Very sobering. Thanks for the work.
BJC: Yes...It is very sobering. Thanks for your comment.
I remember where I was, what I did that day, how I felt..so very vivid. Everything that day felt so surreal, and all at once we were a country united, for a moment in time. Fused together in shock, grief, anger, confusion.
There is always hope. Thank you for reminding me what was and reminding me why I am so proud live where I do.
Candie V: Thank you for your comment, CV...It is a hard reminder to go back to...yet one we must never forget! Out of the ashes and the rumble and the death...We still do have our pride. Thank you for reminding me of this...as well. Your friend, MPM
this was very evocative, emotional, and so well written. Thanks so much for sharing this poignant reminded of such a tragic event that touched each of us in so many ways. God Bless you.
erin boote: Your right...this tragic event did touch us all. It leaves a void space in my heart and mind right now...even while trying to respond to your comment. The first word inside my heart and mind at this moment after re-thinking this tragic event...a few days later...after the actual anniversary re-thinking date...is "How"? How in the name of anything can so much death and destruction be brought onto innocent people...? Appreciate your comment and all the points you made...even the good ones about this poem...in a poem that knows nothing but sadness over a tragedy!
Beautiful Poem and heart breaking photos. We in South Africa who never lived through that ordeal really felt and still feel for everyone who lost their lives, their family, friends home and other possessions on that day.
Thank you for your beautiful, manly poetry.
Laura du Toit: Yes...a Tragic, Tragic Day for our Country. So much violence wrathed out on innocent people that we all had a connection to as a Nation...and folks were so helpless to what was happening...all we could do was just sit and watch...UUGGH! It is awful! Thank you for your comment on this poem about...Sept. 11th. Oh...For a world that does not have this kind of thing happen!!?
judydianne says:
4 months ago
It certainly has changed our country since that day. Thank you for that beautiful poem.