September 11, 2001
I shall never see a building
Scrape the sky
Or hear a plane’s jets
Pass by
Without wondering why
It was on that September day
When all our dreams went astray,
Like so much paper
So much dust
So many hopes
So much trust.
The dogs of war have been unleashed
And none of us can know their path
Or the spreading of their wrath
And the ends that they shall reach,
But we do know this
On one September day
Our time of innocence
Has been blown away.
Stan Salett
Kent County
Grenville B. Whitman says
Thank you, Stan.
Connie Gsell says
Beautifully words that say it all
Annie lavin says
9/11 reminds us each year of our unhealed grief. Thank you Stan for writing so poignantly of this occasion, what we have lost and our shared humanity -which in the end might save us.
Annie lavin says
9/11 reminds us each year of our unhealed grief. Thank you Stan for this beautiful work reminding us of all we lost, but also of our shared humanity -which in the end will save us.