Twin Towers Of Rubble (A 9/11 Memorial Poem)

10 years 

have passed since 

the towers lit up 

in flames, 

twin columns 

of smoke and 

twisted steel slowly 

starting to crumble. 

10 years have passed 

since we watched 

men, women and children 

flinging themselves out of windows in 

hopeless desperation, 

waiting for 

a miracle to happen, 

for them to sprout wings and fly to safety, 

but nothing happened and 

onward they fell 

onto twin spears of rubble, 

cement and 

glass. 

We could only watch 

the tragedy happen, 

as many risked and lost 

their lives to 

protect others 

 through the false intimacy 

of television, 

and we wish we could 

reach through the screen 

and help, 

that we could catch those falling 

and those stuck inside, 

but many miles and a 

pane of glass separates us 

from them. 

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We cannot rewind the past. 

We cannot undo what has 

happened, 

what foolish actions 

humans decide to do. 

All we can do 

is bow our heads 

and remember the 2,977 victims, 

even if it is 

10 years since 

September 9th, 2001. 

Even though I was only four at the time, I remember 9/11. The adults talking, the pictures in the newspapers the next day, the footage on T.V. When I searched it up today how many lives were lost, it shocked me. 2,996 deaths (including the hijackers) were counted. 2,996 lives disappeared in one day. For those who haven't done so, please have a moment of silence and honour the dead, no matter where you were when 9/11 happened.