September 11, 2009

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001- BY NATHAN WARNER

I was in a poetry class in the fall of 2001 and we created this book of our poetry and I would like to share with you one of those poems:

THE SKY WAS BLACK
AND FILLED WITH SMOKE AT
FIRST THOUGH IT SEEMED
A JOKE. LIKE IN THE MOVIES
OR A BOOK THE SCENE WAS
CHAOTIC AND THEY GROUND
SHOOK. MY EYES WERE
ASTONISHED AND MY MIND
WAS BLOWN AS I REALIZED
THAT THEY HIT US AT HOME.
NOTHING COULD BE DONE
BUT TO WATCH IN HORROR
AS OUR COUNTRIES HEART
FELL TO THE FLOOR. WE
LOVE OUR FREEDOM AND
THE PRICE STILL TOLLS
WHEN THE WORLD TRADE
CENTER SO UNEXPECTAEDLY
EXPLODES. THIS HURTS US
DEEP BUT PULLS US TIGHT
AND THE ENEMY WILL SOON
LEARN OF OUR AWESOME
MIGHT. THEY CANNOT BREAK
US. ONLY TRY, BUT TO JUSTIFY
THIS TERRIBLE ACT THEY ALL
SHALL DIE. THEY MAKE NOT WAR
BUT ONLY STRIFE AS THEY
SO COWARDLY TAKE A LIFE.
THEY GAIN NO RESPECT BUT
THATS NOT THEIR GOAL,
THEY WANT ALLAH TO TAKE
THEIR SOUL. THE AY THE SUN
WAS BLOCKED OUT OF THE SKY
WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER
HOW MANY OF OUR COUNTRYMEN
WERE FORCED TO DIE

That poem was written by Nathan Warner and it depicts how I feel about these events that happened.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

My, it really was 8 years ago wans't it? Thank God for the country we live in!