911: Twenty Years Later

Where were you that day?

What were you doing?

The day started out normally;

people shuffled off to work,

as another day crept in on them all.

People boarded trains, planes,

subway cars, city buses,

as another day crept in on them all.

In one swift movement of a blind eye,

the day became anything but ordinary.

The Twin Towers fell.

Death exploded without ceremony,

and this day crept into the soul forever.

It all happened quickly.

The Twin Towers.

Then the Pentagon.

Then brave lives died for freedom on a plane.

September 11, 2001

Where were you that day?

What were you doing?

Many wept openly on the streets,

many privately prayed

many thought we could never be touched.

Twenty years ago

we were younger, braver, smarter.

Twenty years later

we are older, but we remember.

A father, a mother, son, and daughter,

neighbor and friend perished that day.

People we will never get to know,

but could have.

911 became our new day of Infamy.

Never forget the fallen innocents.

Where were you on that day?

What were you doing?