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Date Posted: 14:54:42 09/12/03 Fri
Author: Laurelina Windsong
Subject: 11 September 2003

I walk UP from gym
racing UP the stairs
only to hear
that a bomb
had gone OFF
a plane had
crashed
the World Trade Center
had only
one wall left
standing
kids thought it was
funny
to see
buildings collapsing
with hundreds inside
to see them
jumping
to the ground
funny
to view the planes
crashing six million times
during ninth period
on a TV
with terrible reception
that
blurred
the picture making
it more horrifying
I wasn¡¦t laughing
I was angry
the one time they should be silent
they weren¡¦t
it wasn¡¦t
funny
not close to it
but I didn¡¦t know
how close
it had gotten
it had come
until I saw my Dad
at home at
3:10
his building was
evacuated
then
it was really serious
we sat down
and watched
the images
over
and over
and over
again
until we no longer needed
to watch them
anymore
instead
we knew them.

In March
we were at war
and then
I started
writing.

A year later
I wrote
even more
longer
deeper
and felt something
stirring
more words
waiting to be
written.

And now
now
now
now
I don¡¦t know
what to feel
maybe sorrow
and grief
loss
and love
a mirror whole
or so we think
still in
ƒà ƒÙƒn ƒÕƒn ƒÓ ƒÕ ƒã
still shattered
that we must
somehow
hold
together
trying to put them back
together
in our new view
of the world
new awareness
in shock
and truth
maybe our mirror
will never be whole again
maybe
it can never be
we can really never see
from all
points of view
but at least
we can
try to remember
tell others
always change
look through another¡¦s eyes
walk in another¡¦s shoes
know the impact
we can always
try everything
and anything
if only
we keep up
hope
the most powerful
of them all.

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