A solemn day, sadness hovers over half-mast flags.
We gather to hear 3000-plus names and remember
lives, dreams, expectations, all snuffed out.
Radical leaders spout hatred so dark and cold that
even their own followers are destroyed.
Such malevolence wears many disguises:
sometimes robed in authority or piety, but
always adorned with the arrogance of mere men,
blind to their own fallibility. I cringe at
such certainty – whatever cause – that seeks to
plant in the hearts of people such hate.
But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! Gal. 5:15
Well said my friend. Such a sad day.
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Thanks. Yes, so difficult to believe even after all this time.
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Your words in this poem are a beautiful tribute as our country remembers the fateful day of 9/11/2001. Heartbreaking remembrance.
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Poignant–in all its meanings.
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Thank you. Your poem on your page was so powerful. We are remembering!
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Thanks, Pat. I always value your opinion.
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Missed this yesterday…must have posted after I checked your page. Beautiful!
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Touching poem, Dorothy!
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