September 11th what a mess poem

[Spockkirk]

Planes crashed


Millions of people maimed and killed


September 11th what a mess!


Screaming crying


Frightend people everywhere


September 11th what a mess!


Sounds of rumbles the towers fell


Our lives turned into a living Hell


September 11th what a mess!


God was there he still cared


As for me I saw the pain didn't want to care


September 11th what a mess!


My heart still breaks I wanna cry


All those poor people killed


September 11th what a mess!


People panicked I tried to be brave


still the truth I was afraid


September 11th what a mess!


Tried to sing


Praise Jesus in the rein


Still I felt trapped in an awful destiny


September 11th what a mess!


Wanted to shout wanted to scream


Why God Why was this happening?


September 11th what a mess!


Bin laden is dead


People cheered


But is that really how it ends?


September 11th what a mess!


I still wonder


I still fear


Will this happen yet again?


September 11th what a mess!


Sees planes flying low


have to wonder


have to know


Is this really the end


September 11th what a mess!


Seeing them hover makes me fret


turns my insides to a jello mess


September 11th what a mess!


Will we die


are we safe?


Planes why fly so low anyways?!


September 11th what a mess!


Still have visions


still have those dreams


what will it take


to feel safe again?!


September 11th what a mess!


Those reminders have my eyes tearing


have my insides turned to shreds


will we truly be the same again?!


Why oh Why September 11th did you have to happen!?!

 

[Locutus of Bored]

You are the Maya Angelou of mass murder.

 

[RoJoHen]

I stopped reading about a quarter of the way through, mostly because of the unnecessarily large spaces between lines.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

You are the Maya Angelou of mass murder.

21st Century's William McGonagall.
Something like that but with somewhat less doggerel.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I stopped reading about a quarter of the way through, mostly because of the unnecessarily large spaces between lines.

The spaces symbolize the divide between the fractured pre and post-9/11 American psyche. The abyss between lines beckons to the reader, inviting them to give in to despair, before the next stanza reminds us that we, as a nation and a people, still have so much left to achieve.

 

[Pingfah]

I'm sorry if you are still feeling anxiety SpockKirk.

I do feel you have rather overestimated the death toll though. And if it makes you feel any better, planes fly low around cities because they have to land. That's not likely to change soon.

 

[Ethros]

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5T96LHnEWw[/yt]

 

[Squiggy]

Not everyone's creative tendencies need to be encouraged.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Spockkirk, kudos for having the guts to post your poem here! We're not an easy audience.

I'm sorry if you are still feeling anxiety SpockKirk.

I do feel you have rather overestimated the death toll though. And if it makes you feel any better, planes fly low around cities because they have to land. That's not likely to change soon.

This, exactly.

FYI, about three thousand people died.

I stopped reading about a quarter of the way through, mostly because of the unnecessarily large spaces between lines.

The spaces symbolize the divide between the fractured pre and post-9/11 American psyche. The abyss between lines beckons to the reader, inviting them to give in to despair, before the next stanza reminds us that we, as a nation and a people, still have so much left to achieve.

21st Century's William McGonagall.

 

[CorporalClegg]

I read between the lines and found emptiness, which is how I felt that day.

 

[auntiehill]

You are the Maya Angelou of mass murder.

21st Century's William McGonagall.
Something like that but with somewhat less doggerel.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

You are the Maya Angelou of mass murder.

21st Century's William McGonagall.
Something like that but with somewhat less doggerel.

They say I'm a poet but I just don't knoet.

 

[Melakon]

Spockkirk, kudos for having the guts to post your poem here! We're not an easy audience.

We don't even kiss on the first date.

 

[KimMH]

Spockkirk, kudos for having the guts to post your poem here! We're not an easy audience.

:

This.

Tip: you will always find a kind hearted response from TZ here.

 

[Spockkirk]

My heart is breaking I thought I would share my feeling I'm sorry for messing up.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

You didn't do anything wrong. Don't worry about it.

 

[Greylock Crescent]

My own response to remembering 9/11 is still very much an emotional one. I still struggle with processing what I saw out of my classroom window while teaching a grammar lesson that day. I remember, in the days that immediately followed, the phrase, "Never forget" was uttered quite often by family, friends, colleagues (several of whom lost someone in the attack). Even after this much time, people deal with the event in many different ways. But I think if someone is genuine and sincere in that remembrance, then even if it's not something I connect to, I can respect it. As such, I can appreciate the OP.

For what it's worth, though, the lyrical representation of 9/11 that has most moved me was a song by Dan Bern. It's about 9 minutes long and was written in the weeks (months?) immediately following the tragedy. I still get emotional listening to it.

 

[ladyheather69]

I have mixed feelings about September 11. I didn't know anyone personally that died, and I am melancholic when it rolls around, but before then, all I remembered it being was my mom's birthday!
So on the one hand, we celebrate her life, and yet all day, we are reminded of this terrible tragedy. Kinda hard sometimes...

 

[Tora Ziyal]

^ Yes, it's my friend's birthday, too. The day has become kind of... complicated... for him.

 

[Ethros]

This always makes me laugh
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdSpwEpEnv4[/yt]