Sept 11,The Day the World Stood Still

It was a day like every other day, sunny and warm they said New Yorkers smiling and happy, looking for their daily bread Taxis were darting here and there, planes flying everywhere Children were going to school, parents laying down the rule. Plans were made for later that day, Meet you at 7, no, make it 8. I'll do my best not to be late. Don't worry baby, I don't mind at all, Just please, remember to call. Who could have known that waking up that day, that things would happen in an unusual way. To change forever, the way we think and feel The events we saw, yes, they were real. No way to deny it, it was on the news, With our own two eyes, there were hundreds of views. over and over we watched, hard to believe, what we just witnessed, what did it all mean? What an unusual sight, that plane in flight, just before the ninth hour, when it hit the tower, How terrible we thought, answers we all sought Like, why did that happen, how could it be? That a plane hits a skyscraper, in plain sight, In broad daylight, not the dark of night. Was it pilot error? How could that be? The tower was right there, for him and all to see! That moment was special, that moment in time, when the whole world was watching, yes, stopped on a dime. We saw the flames burning, our hearts they burned too, would there be any survivors?... Who knew? Calls were made, to say I love you, Life's been good until now, it's been good loving you. Say goodbye to the kids for me, tell them be strong, Tell them daddy loves them...goodbye, so long. We saw a man falling, from way up above, Who was that man? Did he not feel loved? or was he just desperate, to escape the heat? We all watched in horror, as he fell to the street. So many were dying, it was too hard to bear, Many just couldn't get down the stairs. Some just stayed put, thinking help will come, What they didn't know was, the damage was done. The bravest ones, I saw that day, firefighters, on the way, into the fire they would run, climbing higher and higher, To save others lives...from that raging fire. They did not know then, it was a tragic mistake, All they knew was...lives were at stake. Many escaped from the tower, running for their lives, we saw them running with terror in their eyes. So many people were running just like the others, They were their fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers. ...And then suddenly another plane appeared! Was it coincidence, orjust something weird? When it hit the second tower, at that very hour, it became crystal clear, that it was just as we feared, It was not a mistake, someone asleep at the wheel, It was an attack! that one and all, we would feel. From that day forward, everything would change, The world was unrecognizable, suddenly so strange. Innocence was lost, and war came at great cost, We learned that terror, was more than just a word, It was what we all saw, felt, and heard. So now here we are, so many years later, Is your pain, grief and fear, lesser, or greater? Only God can help us now, with all of our fears, It is he, who promises, to wipe away our tears. And pain, death, and all of our sorrow, Will all be gone, in what will seem like tomorrow. Yes, God will surely help us, I know he will. But, still it's hard to forget, Sept 11 The day the world stood still. John Derek Hamilton December 20,2012 Final revision October 13,2015