Tuesday 11th September 2001
The Day the world changed. C. J. Black
Buildings ruptured, planes nosedive
Friends and comrades burn alive.
Mobile call to the one you love
From thousands of feet high above –
We’ve been hi-jacked we are doomed to die
With these words a last goodbye.
It makes one want to shed a tear
When one thinks of the dreaded fear –
The torture that was gone through
By those on board passengers and crew.
One really cannot comprehend
The sheer torture gone through as they met their end.
One also wonders what there is to gain
By the infliction of such pain?
When one sees the terror etched on every face
At the meaningless destruction that has taken place.
As the search for survivors is scaled down
Will the final death toll ever be known?
Where once the twin towers proudly stood
It is suggested that they should –
Erect a monument to those who died
As a solace for those who cried.
On it their names engrave
A memorial – not a grave.
In times of conflict not even the innocent survive.
C.J. Black, First published 2001 Poetry Today ISBN 1 86226 609 3
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The published and unpublished manuscripts of Chris Black. A writer from Wexford, Chris has been writing and publishing poetry for over quarter of a century. September 2016 saw his dream come to fruition with the publication of his first book of Poetry and Short Stories titled Same Train, Different Track.
Preferred reading - Autobiographies, the history of the native American Indian and a vast array of poetry books. Continues to write by day and night by giving the sawdust a shake which in turn awakens the grey matter. - has an eclectic taste in music, spent 16 happy years as a radio presenter in a part time capacity while "slaving" away at the coal face now enjoying all that retirement has to offer and more. Tweets @CJBlack2012, on Soundcloud @ https://soundcloud.com/the-poets-poet-1 youtube @Chris Black-poetry-spoken word. You can find his "work" at https://chrisblack2012.wordpress.com If you do happen to drop by do let him know your thoughts, who you are and where you come from - He will in time also pay you a return visit. Thank you.
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Just horrific. Even today I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news; and watched the television coverage in disbelief. That a human being would be capable of even thinking to do just a thing completely confounds and disgusts me. And you are so right. What those poor souls’ last moments must have been like is simply unimaginable. Very hard to get one’s mind around how a ‘greater power’ could ever allow such a thing to happen. Beautiful tribute, Chris.
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