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Wounded Heart, New York 9/11

Requiem :An Epic For Our Time

Part IV --Wounded Heart : New York 9/11--





watching thousands die in an instant

planes crashing into skyscrapers

liquid fire raining down on Manhattan

leaving a mountain of twisted metal

a memory from a nightmare

forces itself into our waking world

replayed a thousand times on TV screens

& everyone for days on end

say all the right things

sitting on a cushion cross legged

all a tremble trying to be still

images appear vivid violent

shatter our repose

our minds violated raped

needing to scream

watching crowds panic & running

through the shadow strewn canyons

being chased by boiling grey clouds of dust

tv cameras catch people as they stop

in their tracks looking back in disbelief

watching tears streaming down their faces

watching our hearts break

each time the TV replays the horror

buildings exploding against a still

perfect fragile china blue sky

in that moment frozen in time

leaving us to tend our wounded hearts-



voices are heard speaking of the horror

the shock & disbelief

& a thousand & one cliches

our language inadequate inept

fails us cut too close to the bone

our hearts breaking

our minds in turmoil

wanting revenge to taste blood

to spill someone's blood

our primitive urges rise to the surface

our civilized rational selves overturned

our blood lust over-powering

& those who call for cooler heads

need to be patient & keep silent

til those waves of emotions subside-



for some it is an opportune time

to push their political agenda

to pass on their bile & hate

appealing to tribal instincts

appealing to the worst in us

conjuring up demonic powers

& magical solutions

calling for Crusades & jihads

to last a hundred years

to protect our homeland

to destroy the evil all around us

dividing the world into us & them

our society slipping into insanity

to bring on a new Dark Age

as we retreat into our fortress of fear-

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