September 11 Airplanes
Jet Planes became weapons,
silver bullets hurled by hate
at abstractions of greed,
shattered real lives,
orphaned real children
widowed real wives.
Victoria Sullivan Hendricks - 9-11-2007
--from One Step Removed
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4 comments:
so powerful.
What perfect words.
Profound six lines that pinpoint the devastating event. Very powerful.
Your poem is powerful and poignant,has so many emotions in so few words. Stunning!
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