High School:  Second Place

 

America Mourns

 

The two towers stood silent

on that surreal sleepy September morning.

The majestic monument of man,

pillars of freedom and pride.

A streak of silver soaring

a dagger rips through the shell of the first tower.

Broken glass, fire and smoke,

a blizzard of ashes camouflaged the great city.

Another streak of silver sailed through the ashen sky,

plunged its dagger into the heart of the second twin,

More shards of glass, more flames, more smoke.

The first twin still stood tall.

As the second twin was in great pain,

mortally wounded it plummeted to earth.

Souls lost forever.  The city weeps.

The first twin’s heart full of pain,

crashes behind his brother.

Souls lost.  The city mourns.

Twins lost forever.

Forever bound together by disaster

a nation as one.

 

By:  Donna Vanderkroats