Fruits of a Decade

A lifetime for some
death, despair
Seeds of Hate
we can find them there

Fruits of a decade
of terror, of hate
since the towers fell
since we went over there

Peoples of nations
peoples of faith
separated by beliefs
the things of this earth

Anguish, suffering
martyrs alike
claiming the creator
in fists of our rage

September 21, 2011
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September 11, 2011
10th anniversary of September 11, 2001
and the plot to attack DC and NY
reported September 9, 2011
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As I woke this morning – v2

As I woke this morning, I remembered
I remembered that day, the exact moment
pain afresh, reliving, so clear, so vivid
when I saw the towers, innocence burning
our lives never the same, different
a shower of debris. The gasps, of each new person
coming into the room, silent, crying
seeing the images, over and over
Feeling the same ache as when
I watched the Challenger
explode in the sky.
So much lost
We watched, unsure
tears streaming down, helpless
Attacked on our soil, numb
disbelieving, even though seeing
I remember the air in the lounge,
all of us strangers, together
the small screen too big
showing too vividly the pain
the anguish, the towers hit, falling
plumes of smoke, of flame
darkness that morning, echoing still
friends, new friends, in the room
who may have loved ones in New York
in the Pentagon, at that moment
of different races, religions
from around the globe;
a call on a cell phone
All transfixed, unable to move


September 10, 2011
all of my September 11, 2001 poems
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-september-11-2001-poems-before-news.html
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September 11, 2008
On the anniversary of September 11, 2001
watching it my first year of law school
Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH

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