This is poem Taylor wrote for school and made everyone cry.

 

( editor's note: Taylor is the daughter of a long time friend, Rise who goes under the screen name Riseandshine)

 

September 11 Reflections

 

Awake to a normal day

Expecting nothing new

Run through the daily tasks

Repeat what you always do

 

This place you've seen so many times

Can' imagine it with dread

Don't notice the possibilities

No worries in your head

 

The cars pass swiftly

A taxi on every turn

The city of New York

No time to burn

 

Normal day

Not a cloud in sight

Hear the birds on the left

And the children on the right

 

The people pass briskly

Most without a voice

Even with their silence

You're overwhelmed with noise

 

A shadow cast across the sky

And took away the glow

Heads turned, people screamed

They ran, but which way to go?

 

To the street ahead

Though you know the shadows there

Turn to go behind you

But escape is found nowhere

 

They all hoped for a miracle

As the plane came into view

But the chances of that were slim

Magicians there were few

 

It was coming quickly

With no intention to stop

We ran and we quietly waited

Knowing the aircraft would drop

 

Unsuspecting in the towers

Awaiting their vicious fate

Not knowing they'd be placed as 1000's

In a sorrowful history date

 

Not one for the books

This would be stored in our hearts

The day our feeling of safeness

Crumbled and fell apart

 

The first attack we've ever seen

We mourn for those we don't know

How could someone that's human

Stoop to something so low

 

Children cried out in numbers

Wives fled to the scene

Friends stood shoulder to shoulder

Neighbors made way in-between

 

Speeches were spoken

Flowers in dozens were laid

We hoped for them, dreamt for them lived for them

We marched on day by day

 

Hurt echoed in our eyes

Denial whispered from our ears

We shed our stories and feelings

We shared our flow of tears

 

We were angered by it all

We fell into a frantic state

We wanted the peace that was so hard earned

Of that there was no debate

 

We sent out our troops to find him

To save the U.S. from its fate

Days were no longer joyous

They passed by only as dates

 

Prisoners were taken

Sons and brothers were lost

We'd taken down the enemy

But we're left only with costs

 

Family has been further broken

Prices have gone through the roof

They ensure us its all for the better

And yet we see no proof

 

The storm hits us big

And we cry for some more

We've lost more of our family

As much as before

 

They say that we're improving

But I'm a little dazed

If anything we've gone backwards

We're slowly losing our way

 

They just keep reassuring

But we see it isn't true

We've fallen far behind

What can anyone do?

 

People are dying daily

Cities are now public pools

We continue to build all these weapons

But lack the money for schools

 

Our future leaders are scared

Afraid that soon we will fall

The country that's come so far

Now isn't standing too tall

 

The fighting has poisoned our souls

It's polluted our very minds

It seems we've forgotten our morals

Were falling behind on our time

 

The past has taken our present

We believe it can't be the same

We need to step away from our sorrows

And leap right back to this game

 

Take a silent moment

Remember all we've lost

Think of all those families

Think of all the costs

 

Remember the pain you held onto

Remember the tears you cried

Remember the people that risked themselves

Remember all those lost lives

 

But remember them as stepping stones

Like a bridge across the water

Once you step across it

Going back is just a bother

 

So keep moving forward

Down that crazy curving street

If  you think you see a shadow

It's probable under your feet

 

Look straight ahead

Don't look back

If you don't pay attention

You might jump the track

 

The past is the past

And the future is almost here

No sense in hiding

Or constantly living in fear

 

Forget about tomorrow

Soak in the sun of today

Stomp on yesterday's pain

Something brighter is on the way

 

Stop sulking in the memories

Whatever was is gone

Step back and learn to grow

It's time for us to move on

 

Move on to a brighter future

Move on to a better you

Move onto better times

The past just isn't for you