Another Year in Memory
I remember CNN breaking news.
Was this some kind of joke?
Was this real?
How could this be real?
Black smoke choked the sky,
and chaos tore through the office.
But I was standing still.
How could this be real?
My world was burning to the ground,
and all those lives were gone
in a blink of an eye.
Why?
The horror of this day
was painted across
the television set,
and my mind retreated
to the dark corners
far away from reality.
But there was no escape.
There was no changing the channel.
This was real.
They were gone.
How do I live past this day?
How do loved ones continue on
after such tragedy?
Why?
My world was breaking apart,
begging for justice,
but would justice be served?
I remember 9/11.
Nobody could forget
such a horrific event,
but we moved forward,
struggling to rebuild.
But would we ever recover?
Would our world
ever be the same?
Published by Melissa R. Mendelson
Newspaper Reporter for Long Island's Smithtown Messenger Newspaper and its sub-issues, The Brookhaven Review, The Ronkonkoma Review, and Medford News; Freelance Writer for Hudson Valley's Photo News; Movie a... View profile
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