A Historic Event
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Wall Of Faces - 9/11 Memorial Museum
The Wall
A near three thousand names called out that day;
now fifteen years, they've solemnized the date
so labeled Nine-Eleven, to now stay
within our memories as tragic fate.
But listening to names cannot compare
to heartache stirred by this museum wall.
The magnitude of faces smiling there-
their beating hearts now silent in this hall.
There seems to be no end to photos lined
on panels wrapped around the room; we grasp,
indeed, how many lost their lives- resigned
to shock, as each face comes to life, we gasp.
This Wall of Faces makes the list of names
seem weak in stirring deep emotion's hurt.
Instead of words, each captured smile remains
to let the viewer's horror reassert.
Those mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers too;
small children, grandparents, spouses, and friends-
their sparkling eyes that danced with life in view,
were closed forever with such tragic ends.
This Wall of Faces shares some history
with facts and stories offered on each one,
up close and personal, their lives to see-
so many hopes and dreams became undone.
October 22, 2016
Contest: A Historic Event
Sponsor: William Kekaula
Written, and Posted, October 2016,
for the 15th Anniversary of 9/11, (September 11, 2001)
a dark day in history- after I visited The Wall Of Faces -
9/11 Memorial Museum, NYC
Copyright © Sandra Haight | Year Posted 2016
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