September 11th...

Something i wrote

a few days after

September 11.

in honor of the lives lost

and changed forever.

(sorry about the small text... you can read it below the video)

It has now been 3 days

Since the towers have crumbled

And lives were shattered.

3 days since the world

came to a stop

and the mourning began.

3 days since the horror

and the bravery

and the body bags,

and the ultimate loss

of freedom

for so many.

The destruction

is devastating to me.

The possibility that this

is only the beginning.

In the past few days,

we have seen the best

and the worst

of humanity.

I wonder,

If the terrorists are satisified

with having expressed their hatred

so clearly.

I wonder,

if they are proud,

of having accomplished

such a monumental task,

of eliminating THE symbol of power

and financial wealth in the U.S.

and having cast doubt and fear

on an entire nation…

perhaps on the world.

It is so unsettling

and sad to me,

to live with the knowledge

that so many of us

possess such hatred

for one another.

And now –

it is tit for tat.

An eye for an eye.

And we will watch

In desperation and disbelief

the dissintegration of

a world – a nation – a city –

a soul.

Life will continue

in one corner of the globe,

and it will end in another.

There will be death and destruction,

And the blood of innocent children

On our hands.

Hatred breeds hatred.

Love breeds love.

I sit here,

In the glorious sunshine,

Listening to crickets play

And watching the bees…

And somewhere in New York,

There are those brave souls

Who listen through the rubble

And chaos of crushed concrete –

For the sound of a human voice.

I look at fine green grass,

And beautiful yellow flowers,

And they look at body parts

And blood.

I simply don’t understand

the hatred

and the suffering.

I may understand tomorrow,

But today –

My heart is aching too much.

Pauline Leger ©