No one will forget where they were when the attacks happened - I was in a meeting at work, which was eventually postponed so that we could go for security briefings (I worked for a defence manufacturing company at the time). I remember watching the news on the big TV in the foyer in a stunned silence, unable, and perhaps unwilling, to believe what I was seeing.
It's no secret that I am a huge fan of the US. I love visiting the US, I had a long relationship with an American girl (who is also the only one of my exes I'm still on speaking terms with), if I though I could get a visa, I'd be on a plane tomorrow. I remember watching the news feeling in turns sad, angry, disbelieving, incredulous, a whole tumult of emotions. I knew lots of Americans, both through work, and socially, and I knew that no matter what I felt, I wouldn't be feeling a fraction of what they were going through.
It doesn't seem like 10 years ago - I remember the feelings I had driving home, I remember thinking that the world had changed.
I'm not the worlds greatest poet, I'm not even average, I'm poor at best, but every now and again, I get the desire to write something. I've created a little tribute to the victims of that terrible day. I wish it were better, a better and more fitting tribute to them, but sadly, my meagre talents prevent it being so. Nonetheless, I want to give it, regardless of it's poor standard, on this day, I feel it's important to show any tribute to them.
We turn our eyes unto the heavens
Our thoughts out to the stars
We turn our memories to who were lost
Our anger at the scars
At 8:46, the world did change
The horror played out on TV
But some how not yet real
Our souls filled with the eerie sound
Of silence after destruction's peal
At 9.03, the world did change
Reality returns, we realise what's seen
So we stood in awe, and we stood in fear
We asked ourselves 'why'
Thinking of those that we hold dear
At 9.37, the world did change
We will not forget them
Though we may not know their names
Honour the sacrifice of all those who
Stood tall and railed against the flames
At 9.59, the world did change
The darkness of the world unleashed
The evil that men do
But a nation great was so misjudged
For pride and courage were born anew
At 10.03, the world did change
2977 lives were lost
2977 no longer see the morn'
2977 stars new in the sky
2977 angels born
At 10.28, the world did change
10 years have passed, both quick and slow
What was seen that day, never forgot
The rending of our innocence
We'd turn back time, but we cannot
On 9/11, the world did changeThey won't be forgotten. My thoughts to them. My thoughts to the United States of America.
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