Where were you when the
world stood still?
In that moment the world
became changed
With an imprint of
terror
Are you speaking a kind
word?
Forged forever in fire
When destruction fell
down like fall rain?
Were you drinking your
coffee?
Were you driving to
work?
Were you holding your
babe to your heart?
Were you humming a song?
Were you righting a
wrong?
Were you ironing your
favorite shirt?
Where were you when the
world broke in
disrupting your everyday
plans?
and disturbing the
notion
that safety and peace
were the inalienable
rights of all man…
Were you calling your
mother?
Were you taking a bath?
Were you going through
the motions of your day?
Were you baking a cake?
Were you planning a
break up
and trying to find the right words to say?
Where were you when the
message came
That nothing in life is
for sure?
And all we get is each
moment with no guarantees
of tomorrow, next week
or next year…
Are you doing your part
to comfort and never
cause pain?
Remember those moments
With your head and your
heart
So the terror did not
happen in vain…
Remember the message,
remember the date
Remember nothing in life
is for sure
for all we get is each
moment with no guarantees
of tomorrow, next week
or next year…
Rod and I were in Prince Rupert, BC, and I was brushing my teeth and watching the morning news on t.v. I couldn't stop crying! I wanted to go home to Tucson immediately, but we couldn't leave. I will never forget the sight of the second plane hitting the tower.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo honoring that tragic day ~ great post ~ I was getting ready for work and fiance stopped by to tell me what had happened ~ It is still an unbelievable event
ReplyDeleteI was driving to work and my daughter in law called me. I didn't believe her at first, but when I got to work and turned on my computer, my world just stopped. Still can't wrap my mind around it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post, sweetie. Hope you are doing ok...
xxoo,
RMW
Wow, the comments on this post are poignant! My daughter called me that day at 9 am, "Mom, put the TV on" - and there was something in your voice that made made me run to the TV - in time for the 2nd tower to be hit.
ReplyDeleteI was at home on the computer when a a friend let me know. I watched in horror as it unfolded and prayed for days and days and days for a friend of my husband's who was a volunteer firefighter who we later learned perished with a group of the brave. I will never forget. xo
ReplyDeleteI was just coming in the door from a 24 hour shift. I ran to catch the phone. When my crying sister wanted to know if I was okay. I had not heard until she told me to turn on the TV, as I often drove home in silence to leave the turmoil of work behind me. When I saw the second plane hit the second tower I dropped to my knees and cried. I still cry every September 11. I will never forget those that died. Freedom isn't free. God Bless America. As Winston Churchill once said "Out of the depths of sorrow and sacrifice will be born again the glory of mankind."
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We were getting ready to run out the door to work and school! It was so sad. Our world is filled with evil and I know this is just a reminder of things to come. I put my trust in Christ. He is the one I have to trust completely. Hugs to all today.
ReplyDeleteI was in my car driving home from my painting course, I thought I misunderstood, at home I switched on the TV and saw the tragedy. Was terrible ! The world has certainly changed ever since !
ReplyDeleteSo true, we are not promised another moment! I was sitting at my desk listening to TV on the radio when I heard the news! I will NEVER forget that tragic day! Sending HUGS your way dear Jenny!
ReplyDeleteYes, it did seem to stand still...it took a couple of months before I could feel things were more normal, but it sure changed our world.
ReplyDeleteI love this. You are a poet as well as an artist, my friend.
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I was getting ready to go walk at the mall and had the TV on as background noise. Good Morning America was on and I ran into the other room when I heard the news. I was watching when the second plane went into the World Trade Center. I'll always remember Charlie Gibson saying it looked like we had been deliberately attacked.
ReplyDeleteOn the first anniversary I wrote something that was printed in the Houston Chronicle. I wrote that I always thought that I was perfectly safe and now I realized that I never had been. I think our lives all changed on that day.
I was getting ready for work when my husband called to say a plane hit a building. I thought that was weird but then had no idea, of course, of the impact this would make on our nation.
ReplyDeleteI went on to work (at my store) where I interacted with a lot of people who really just wanted to talk about what happened. That was cathartic for all of us.