Wednesday, May 22, 2024

One to go

From blue sky morning in to darkness
This dust will never settle.
It chokes the souls of those of us
Who watch in disbelief, and hope -
One still stands.

Cracked and broken against
A blue sky mixing with smoke.
Maybe it's not as bad as it looks.
One is down with dust all around -
One to go.

Note:
September 11, 2001.
This short poem is about the 102 minutes between when the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed and when the North Tower collapsed. 
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