DAY THE TOWERS FELL (standard:poetry, 164 words)
Author: pjlawton	Added: Apr 25 2003	Views/Reads: 3128/0	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
This was written one month from the day the towers fell. It is to honor those who died on 9/11/2001.

Day the Towers Fell 

September 11, 2001 

with a clear morning sky above them 

no thoughts of evil there to dwell 

a morning like so many others 

until the towers fell 

thousands and thousands of innocents 

working  jobs they new so well 

no knowledge of pending terror 

and then the towers fell 

quickly rescue workers rushed there 

into the burning hell 

without thought of danger to themselves 

and then the towers fell 

then to a shocked and saddened nation 

rage born of grief and anger swell 

and then vengeance's mad creation 

because the towers fell 

a nation's loss of innocence 

with a staggering price to tell 

the costs of lack of vigilance 

when the towers fell 

no longer like wide eyed children 

believing optimism's easy sell 

now a time for terror's reign to end 

because the towers fell 

a strengthening of resolve and will 

only the passage of time will tell 

but a mighty nation still 

even though the towers fell 

by p.j .lawton 


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