I Saw it Happen ~ Poetics ~ dVersePoets
Ten years ago, I was at home, playing the role of super Mom to my year old daughter, and thinking we had the world by the you know whats! In a rather odd turn of events, I had the tv tuned to CNN. I am not a news watcher, but for what ever reason, I saw the events of 9/11 unfold...and it changed me at my core. Mark has asked us at Poetics today, to turn toward the memorial...whether the events of ten years ago, or an equally moving circumstance. This was incredibly difficult for me and of the pages I've filled in an effort to answer the poetic prompt at dVerse...this is the closest to post-worthy I've come.
I Saw it Happen
I Saw it Happen
I saw it happen – I felt the fear
Unbelievable moment- Nightmare is real
I watched it over – running on loop
Detached-disconnected-all too surreal
No feel –
-ing could describe
Dreamlike disbelief
Heavy weight of grief
Indestructible towers
Lost super powers
As the walls begin to crumble
Tumble
Where the rubber meets the road
Burdens – heavy load
Those who protect our souls
Had their sights set on different roads
There’s fire in the sky
At the hands of those who’d die
In the name of their father
At the ungodly hour
A day of brilliant sun-undone
Lost amongst the bodies falling,
Officials stalling
Drowning in no longer important papers
Now foundation for skyscrapers
Sacred earth now lends rebirth
Our leaders were not safe
Missiles fly, weight of sky
Mothers, children, fathers die
Air Force one, its story time.
I saw it happen, I saw his fear
Alarm bells ringing
No escape clear
And for days after
Those lost than found
And those poor souls
Sent straight to ground
Never found
Dollars pay for doctors’ fees
Broadcasters scream that we are free..
yet can't erase the memory
and forever chained
We will remain
This was the day
The world was changed.
Comments
I'll never understand the kind of unreasoning hate that drives people to do this kind of thing to strangers. And to say it is done in the name of any god is absurd.
David
After 10 years, I still remember it too. Watching the footages today made it all so unreal, yet it happened.
I'm one of Bush's biggest critics, but it's interesting to note that people who were schoolchildren in the classroom that day have been interviewed and every one of them said positive things about the president. They all appreciated that he went on with the reading and didn't scare them, even though they were well aware something was wrong. The question still remains whether there was a larger issue than not scaring one group of children....just throwing it out there....
http://gatelesspassage.com/2011/09/11/the-sorrow-of-our-times/
what a great powerful verse.
My TV was already on and I thought for sure it was going to kill my husband at the time. The lack of mercy for the innocent forever changed society. At the time completely crushed our hearts through their ignorance and disregard for life. He did pass 3 years later.