It didn’t take much
For the unbendable
To bend and break’
Just a dose of hate
And in an instant
Our nation changed
But not only our nation
The world.
Those planes forever
Etched in our mind
Images frozen in time
As we close our eyes
And see innocent lives
Jumping to their deaths
The fury of the fire
Just too much to bare.
Heroes were born that
Day
And far to many died
It was a lesson in hate
And love
At the same time
And those images
Forever
Etched in our mind.
First responders
Risking their lives
But not only that
Strangers
Digging under
The rubble
After those towers
Came down
Like a house of
Cards
Only slightly jarred
Thousands of lives
Died under the rubble
The weight of the world
Was on their shoulders.
It was a lesson in hate
As we saw lives destroyed
And a lesson in love
As a nation became united
Once again
Even if only for a time
But everything changed that
Day
The innocent image
Of America destroyed.
In the time it took
For a plane to crash into those
Buildings.
© Michelle R Kidwell
8/01/2018
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Michelle Renee Kidwell
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Nine Eleven makes me sad for a lot of reasons. But a personal one is that Rick my son and I watched it on TV together in my living room. He is gone now and I have that memory of him watching that day with me. I know a lot of people lost that day, however, I have that memory. Nicely written poem Michelle.