Glistening
Oriental children close up
To the ebony plateau
Gaze at the thin layer
Of water gliding over
The lobbies sculpture
Hands out stretched, smiling
They must touch it
Giggling in glee of amazement
As they run upon
The ebony plateau
Glistening
As the water glides
Center Plaza
At the center is a ball
Of crimson and ebony
As water flows upon the sculpture
It is surrounded
Among the man made walls
Towering the highest in the land
Casting shadows, as the day proceeds
Many visitors pass
This man made wonder
Foreigners, locals, commuters
Everyday, at many different times
See such a sight in awe
Causing all who pass, to stop and stare
Embedding it’s self
Within their minds forever
Is a crimson and ebony sculpture ball
In the center plaza of New York City’s
World Trade Center
World Trade Center Wind
Creepy sounds the wind
Crawling through the World Trade Center
Sounding like space creatures
Hearing – Listening
Darkness falls upon the City
Black Out
Creepy sounds the wind
Whoever needs to hear
They are only to listen
To find the
World Trade Center’s Creatures
Observing the wind
While one watches the Center’s sculpture
Shaped, like a darker world
Let one’s imagination form
What the World Trade Center’s Creatures are
Truly to be seen only in darkness
While listening
At the World Trade Center
In a city wide Black out
I hear these creatures
Or is it just the wind
Newscaster Announces:
“The World Trade Center has been hit
By an unidentified airplane.”
The world watches flames in disbelief,
Astonishment, grief, this is insane
A newscaster yells in the background
During a live broadcast
“What the hell is that?”
As the world watches the second plane
Intentionally crash into Tower Two
Engulfing flames spew from the Towers
Darkness swallows the New York Skyline
The newscaster announces:
“The Pentagon is hit”
The World holds it’s breath and watches
Within an hour Tower Two collapsea
Then Tower One,
Lost are the Twins of the City
Thousands lay trapped dying or dead
As the world watches
The flames consume
Changing the Skyline
And the World forever
Vivid Images Left
A police car’s windshield blown out
A man jumping from the building
An amateur video depicting
Half of an American Flag
Hanging off a twisted lamp post
A mangled fire truck
A woman covered in soot
A fire fighter crying
The World Changed Forever
this was a very emotional piece for me. i was flying that day...reading all the stories this weekend has brought much of it back...nice write...
ReplyDeleteyou should drop this into oneshot tonight...