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Contributor Series 1: 9/11, Tuesday Morning Rising


09.12.09 Posted in Contributor Series 1, today's words by

Contributor Series 1: 9/11
Tuesday Morning Rising
By R. Scott DeSena
(written September 7, 2009)
The writer witnessed these events while driving to work on the NJ Turnpike on 9/11.

Tuesday morning rising
Two shadows
Turnpike
Turn my mind to stone
Traffic screaming to a halt
Chills crawling to the bone.

Fires for days
Billowing clouds
Smoke-filled ash
Filled with lost souls
Crying for salvation
A new terror unfolds.

We will never be the same
Still looking for excuses
Still looking for blame
We are all losers
In a terrorist game.

Never forget the images
Never forget the tears
Never forget the innocent
Not in a million years.

R. Scott DeSena’s poetry (untitled and Velvet Air) has appeared in vox poetica in 2009.



One Response to “Contributor Series 1: 9/11, Tuesday Morning Rising”

  1. Nate Spears says:

    Great rememberance poem. We will never forget that day. Those who were lost will always be in our hearts.

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