911~And You Wondered Where He Was  ღ KKD ღ

911~And You Wondered Where He Was ღ KKD ღ

A Poem by Donna DeLong Matthews aka Gold Pen Ghost

And You Wondered Where He Was

You Wondered Where He Was ???? 911


 

They Will All Be In Our Hearts Forever



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It is a beautiful sun filled morning yet I have an unexplained sense of evil and sadness around me. The city is awake as travelers make their way to work and parents getting their children to school. I look across at Time Square and notice the time is 8:45am and thinking you better hurry or you will be late for work.

Suddenly I hear an explosion. I look in the direction of the sound and see smoke coming from the North Tower of the World Trade Center. An airplane has crashed into it's side.

There is mass confusion. Police and Fire Fighters are rushing into the Tower to help the people exit to safety. Oh Dear Lord people are jumping out of the windows and falling to the street below. What is this hell that has been cast upon us?

People stare in shock and disbelief now as a second plane flies directly into the South Tower. Looking back at Time Square I see the time now is 9:03 am. The streets are littered with paper and debris from the offices in the two Towers. It's now 10:05am and people are now running from that direction as I witness the the South Tower crumbling to the street below. Trapping thousands ... Moms and Dads, Sisters and Brothers, Sons and Daughters.

Why?

Oh the dust, the smoke, the flying debris is so thick you can see nothing. It is all but impossible to breathe. The pain of what has happened is so great you can feel nothing else.

It is 9:43 am there are reports of another plane flying into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. I don't understand. What is happening? Who could wish such horrid wishes or even entertain such unthinkable thoughts. Why is this happening in a country that represents Freedom and welcomes strangers from any land to pursue a better life?

A life of Freedom, in my America?

I try to reason when I know deep inside there is none. I hear the words echoing in the air 'Lets Roll'. It is now 10:10 am and yet another report of a hijacked plane crashing in Summerset County in Pennsylvania

It is now 10:28 as I witness the North Tower tumbling to join her sister that already lay upon the street below I look across at the Lady of the city. Even though the air is thick and visibility is poor, I see something glistening on her cheek in the last few remaining rays of the morning sun.

It is but one lone tear.



ღ KKD ღ




Original by
Donna DeLong Matthews

September 2001
Reposted 2002
Revised 2003
Graphics revised and Reposted 8-7-07
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© 2008 Donna DeLong Matthews
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On September 11, 2001 we had the blood of 5,727 innocent lives shed upon American soil all in the name of hate..

 

© 2008 Donna DeLong Matthews aka Gold Pen Ghost


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