Poem for Sept 11 2001 created 09/02/02

Once I built a wall so high

I thought all I loved were safe inside

It was made of the finest stuff

no one could touch my fortress it was tough

 

Then the wall came tumbling down

With ruins and debris strung around

Many I loved lay dead on the ground

My safe beautiful tower

It was fragile after all

 

I knew I would never rebuild

This city of steel and beams

The anchor for my dreams

Its wealth had been unsurpassed

A feeling of vulnerability invaded my place

the rawness, and frailness were echoed in my face

after a time the ground begin to break

just in tiny cracks enough to nourish

slowly the ground began to flourish

one plant or flower at a time

With no reason or rhyme

my heart began to bloom

Seeing that life continues

not the same but better

I never rebuilt that fortress

I didnt' need it anymore

at times I felt lost but

I'm makin my way just fine

no tower of strength,

no building of steel,

no fortress armed with many men

just courage and hope and determination

that this will never happen again.