September 11, 2001
Act like
Nothing happened
They say
Don’t be afraidJust go about
Your business
Like
Any other daySleepless…numb…
Feeling
Out of sorts?Join legions
Going
Through the motions
In the midst of
Unending commotionMove along now…
There’s
Nothing
Here to seeA moonscape
Of debris
Five stories highThe collective
Dreams
Of thousands
Billow
Into the skyAn eerie glow
Lights the night
Their souls refusing
To take flightWelcome to the
Big AppleOnce the city
That never sleeps
Now reduced to
Empty streetsThe natives are
Restless
They
Toss and turnThe rubble pyre
Continues to burnBut go on about
Your business
It’s just
Another dayFandango’s Friday Flashback: A Post From 9/11/15
Patriot Day
9/11 + Fifteen
You can run but you can’t hide
With terrorist threats far and wideA night on the town, a trip to the mall
Who knows the next victims tragedy befallsFear is festering away inside
Slowly eating our souls aliveWith each attack humanity dims
Creating for youth a future grimHow much more blood must be shed
Before we purge the streets of red?The time has come to heed the call
Across all nations large and smallTo come together at last as one
Proclaiming no more violence be doneWithin lies love of such great power
All evil it can compel to cowerBut as for now we’re along for the ride
For you can run but you can’t hide
From hearts wherein hate still resides
September