The Freedom Tower

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1. September 11, 2008
   By Jeanne Iris

   Seven years have passed
   since that beautiful, azure sky
   filled with black smoke
   and the spirits of 3,000 souls
   were ripped away from
   their lives and loves.

   Today, I awoke to a grey film
   reaching across the same sky.
   A September chill wrapped me
   in remembrance.
   And I tried to begin the day
   in the usual way.
   But the sky. the sky.

   At 8:46, clouds parted
   to allow the sun to share
   in the whispers of those
   now gone. \”Attend!\”
   it seemed to say. and
   then slipped back behind
   the murky layers of liquid.
   At 9:03, the sun appeared
   again. \”Attend!\”

   Clouds billow overhead
   masking patches of blue sky
   and we remember as a nation
   but forget
   as we mask our senses
   to hands that outstretch
   before us,
   and silent voices scream to us,
   \”Attend!\”

   Jeanne · September 11th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

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