A Poem As We Remember 9 11

A Tall Darkness

(a poem remembering 9 11)

Towers fell that dark day

and so did dreams of

innocence that perhaps

never were

For life was even more

textured and complex

than we were

willing to admit…even then

But at least we were not so

afraid of the dark

until the tall towers

of our progress fell

Hate brought down the

darkness that day and

it spilled over into

all of our vacant spaces

So now what shall we

remember…shall that

darkness rise above us

again even though it fell?

Or…shall we be those who reach

up for the light;

a light that angry visitors

hoped would be gone forever?

Yes, it was a tall darkness

that fell that day but

we can rise above it

and not become what

they wanted us

to be

Let us honor those we

lost by gaining something more

so we can shine light

into that that darkness

and not become its

victims

There is a tall shinning light

that shall always

cast a shadow

on to that tall darkness

if we make it so

Jody Seymour