Ask anyone with a sufficient memory
And they can tell you each second
Of every moment
Of that day
15 Septembers ago

Where they were going
Or doing
Or thinking
Or not

How at 8:45am
We were all living
On the brink
The cusp
Of a totally different world

How innocent we all were
To true evil among
The modern age
What heroism
Really was

Just how much we didn't know
How far out we were going to be
Thrust into an unknown
Of cataclysmic proportions

The lives lost
Many just walked out the door
And not a single piece came home
Not even DNA

Lives changed forever
For every single person
Especially those who lost
One or more loved ones

Even those not directly affected
Really were
The fear, threat of more,
Disbelief of what happened

Those in the closest states
Knew someone who lost someone
Or worked in the buildings
But got to work late
Or didn't go in that day

Fate is a powerful thing
As is free will
They go hand in hand
Life is fragile

Watching these
Years go by
The further it gets
From then
The more surreal it becomes

15 Septembers ago
Happened
The world changed
It was meant to scare us

But it only
Made us stronger
As a nation
As a people
Never forget
September 11, 2001

G-D bless America!!!