Day the Towers Fell

Day the Towers Fell

September 11, 2001

with a clear morning sky above them
no thoughts of evil there to dwell
a morning like so many others
until the towers fell

thousands and thousands of innocents
working jobs they new so well
no knowledge of pending terror
and then the towers fell

quickly rescue workers rushed there
into the burning hell
without thought of danger to themselves
and then the towers fell

then to a shocked and saddened nation
rage born of grief and anger swell
and then vengeance's mad creation
because the towers fell

a nation's loss of innocence
with a staggering price to tell
the costs of lack of vigilance
when the towers fell

no longer like wide eyed children
believing optimism's easy sell
now a time for terror's reign to end
because the towers fell

a strengthening of resolve and will
only the passage of time will tell
but a mighty nation still
even though the towers fell

by p.j .lawton