911 We Will Never Forget
To *key3
How bad can it get, don't ask me that question
I'm on the 97th floor terrified,
hanging from a window, gasping for breath
You want to know,
if I put faith to the test
On the phone to my wife, saying I love you please never forget
Bodies burst in the street below me, certain I am next
you still want to know,
if I put faith to the test
My throat has just been cut, on some passenger jet
Leading my ladder up a stairwell to die, drenched in sweat
You’re repeating that question,
if I put faith to the test
Searching through rubble, unsure if there's a fingertip left
Vaporised into nothing, just a photo for the bereft
Disturbing nightmares wake me, shaking and upset,
stop asking me,
if I put faith to the test
I go to Afghanistan, an IED rips open my chest
About to be beheaded in Iraq, as a warning to the west
Back on the 97th floor you ask me again,
if I put faith to the test
Do I agree with Guantánamo extraordinary rendition,
you bet
How about collateral damage, they posed no threat
Whatever it takes, this fate I'll never accept
I'm a civilian too, now I jump burning to death
This poem is to remember,
the 2,977 murdered innocents of 911
one Helios Bastard has already forgotten
and questions if their faith was put to the test
A room awaits the cowardly rotten pig
beside his pal Richard Reid in Florence ADX
They wear the same shoes
The (Tools) of their trade!
By David Kavanagh
Copyright © David Kavanagh | Year Posted 2022
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