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We thought you were not coming back
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Have courage please wait on the Lord
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Like Rome stored goods taken by sack
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We thought you were not coming back
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Donated car into broken hack
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Alas we waited and then got bored
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We thought you were not coming back
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Have Courage Please Wait on the Lord.
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Africa Trip 2018
Screams call a crowd
What happened here to the floor
Incited red rage
On a cold January morning
I lay a rose on a sculpture
cold and crisp and fragrant
it can’t mask the terror of that day
the smell of burning jet fuel
many lives bereft
we celebrate who you were
we cry for your untimely death
you bled for our country
and somehow I know you would
again
Shadow on the wall matches the dread in our minds
Feel the shockwave shudders of the floor beneath you
In disbelief the fireball window reflection rises
Paths of many swirl in nightmares of fire and smoke
Kick in a door to free the poor trapped ones within
Yell into smoke along the floor to guide the lost
Undulate with the long human chain to escape
Take stolen water to the triaged burned heroes
Walk out to shouts “run” faster than polio steps
Break the unbreakable windows to let them out
Sent home again from the crime scene of yesterday
So much we left behind wall smudges scars of the heart
By Sean Vessey
five sides Four angels Dog lane Three to Twenty-Eight heartbeats
Timeless war goes on
Peace is only for the dead
Raining blood thunders
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Copyright by Sean Vessey 2014
Moonlight shoulders shine
One beast howls among heart songs
Amphora desires
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Drumbeat pain
Coils in silent screams
In then out
Skin so tight
Touches so gentle feel fire
Cold surrounds last dreams
So many moved on
that’s healthy they say
I ask
can you really shut out that day
when fire and smoke rained
and strong towers fell
when terror was rushing
toward us all
Can you remember the first words
the pictures surreal
a second plane aiming
no accident no drill
brave men and women
responded that day
Americans were proud
to be called that I’d say
There were those who escaped
jaws of death on that day
though so much innocense
was just cast away
Please don’t forget
the sense that we had
we were terror’s victims
an evil that was bad
we should enjoy life
we should move on
but never forget 9/11
the loss
our freedom
Aside
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Posted: September 11, 2013 by moondustwriter in 911
Tags: 911, america, terror
Dance with darkness
Celebrate without the light
Shards of hearts broken
#haiku
Picture by S. Vessey ‘Morning Night’ from Moonroof Shots
images and words Copyrighted by Sean Vessey 2013
Don’t leave them alone in darkness
Worthy ones first to arrive there
Into fire, ruptured compartments,
Collapsed barracks, bloody horrors
Don’t leave them alone in their pain
Worthy ones first to arrive there
To see those fractured bits of life
Humpty dumpty people scattered
Don’t leave them reliving it alone
Worthy ones first to arrive there
With noise, sound, smell, taste, sight it comes
They are there on that fateful day
Don’t leave them alone with their guilt
Worthy ones first to arrive there
Hear what they are saying in silence
Share tears as one for everyone
Don’t leave them alone in darkness
Worthy ones first to arrive there
Hug their hearts and minds close
Don’t leave them alone in darkness
Fragments of 9-11 