September 11, 2001 a Dirge

SEPTEMBER 2001, 9/11 New York (Dedication: To Those Souls Who Left Us So Abruptly That Day. RIP.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In crisp refrain: Feel so much pain, Loss felt again, Tears in sure strains. Fate hits the face: In that sad place, A tragic space, Anchors odd grace. The world awoke: Watched terror yoke, Huge fatal strokes, In dying poke. Yes mind still sees: Madness set free, Harsh tragedy, News on TV. Hijack of jets: Terror did set, Crash wrought dead bets, Tears beyond wet. So much of pain: Now surge again, A nightmare plain, So many slain. Such grim horror: Tales of sorrow, On the morrow, Sad strokes borrow. Our human tears: Outbursts right here, In fatal fears, Drowning all cheer. Pictures now flash: Glimpses still dash, That fatal crash, Towers turned trash. Terror strangles: Burns and mangles, Fear now shackles Our mad tangles. Here and now see: Can love set free? Can hurt hearts be A kind story? Leon Enriquez 11 September 2017 Singapore