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Commemoration |
I listened to the radio,
the reading of the names
of those who died on 9/11,
when the Twin Towers fell.
The voices didn’t sound as bereaved
as they did twelve years ago,
when shock and horror
still possessed us.
Now time has passed.
The urgent cares of life
demand we move on
and if not as painful,
still heartfelt,
the sense of loss
still carries sorrow.
It’s difficult to imagine
in a few more years
that tragic event
will begin to fade
and someday be as remote
as ‘Remember Pearl Harbor’,
‘Remember the Maine’,
‘Remember the Alamo’.
(previously published in ZiN Daily, 2018)
copyright 2018
Gary
Beck |
