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[aid] => Mick
[title] => Empty sky, a story
[time] => 2003-01-25 13:20:00
[hometext] => I wrote this on Sept 11 of last year. I wrote it from the perspective of different people involved in the tragedy.
[bodytext] => I. Remembrance
Walk to my desk, as I did last year Before the world turned upside down, and laced our minds with fear Crystal blue endless sky Didn't need to wonder why did all those people die Empty sky, and empty heart Not ready for the pain to start Falling buildings, creeping death Disintegrated with one final breath Why did it happen, doesn't anyone care? What did we learn, from all this despair? I didn't lose anyone close to me But it doesn't mean I don't grieve for what I did see Our world as we knew it was crushed last September But in order to learn and evolve, we must remember But it doesn't mean slogans, dramatic music, overkill Popular culture cheapening, making remembrance a trendy thrill 24 hour news coverage to unbury the dead Reopen the wounds, fake emotions now read From a teleprompter script, the leaches relating Tragedy to profit, and the rise in the ratings Who lost the lessons from the day, when all of the rules Were thrown out by a group, of heartless mindless fools For one year now, the towers are gone The parents are grieving, the loved ones try to move on And I try to put together the thoughts in my mind As I try to present the feelings I did find In an organized way, but its still very hard The feelings are too raw, none which I can discard II. 911 911, clear blue sky Office workers all will die Hero's valiant in their end Lives destroyed, wounds won’t mend Skyline emptied, crushing blow Flaming towers, fall below Lives snuffed out, and turned to dust Because of a cause, fanatics think is just Flying planes, in a human breath Three different places, flames and death Shattered dreams, empty sky crying and grieving, and wondering why? III. Burning sky Burning sky, empty bed Tear in eye, friends are dead Scared and trapped, 110 stories high Use the cellphone to scream goodbye Raging fire, smoky hell Would anyone see me, or hear me yell? Floors collapsing, crushing death A last “I love you”, with my last breath Empty sky, broken heart Was this how I was supposed to part? Tears of rage, empty feeling Missing you, my mind is reeling A lone wristwatch, a picture ID Is this all that is left of me? Am I now ashes, a part of the dust? When the tower came down, a deadly gust Of concrete and humanity 3000 lives ended violently Images burned into our brains And that’s all we have, for no human remains Were ever found for some, a shame And you can bet the pain remains and will never go away… IV. Hero's end 80 lbs of gear, going up stair by stair Elevators gone, smell of death in the air No communications, smoke filled terror in my eyes Help survivors leave the building, sounds of shock in people's cries Reach the sight of impact, no one moves, there's not a sound Out of breath, and out of time, as it all falls to the ground V. Aftermath I never found you, not a trace No last look upon your face No urn to have, no coffin to fill No closure, no comfort, a death filled chill In the air around your removal, from this world we live No hugs from you, no love to give I'm left here, with the question of why Were you taken from me, the empty sky Leaves a void in my heart, and fills me with sadness And rage as I question the actions of madness That occurred a year ago, when your life ended And my inconsolable sorrow began… VI. When's mommy coming home? When's mommy coming home? I hear you say Why did the bad people take her away? She's working with god, she's now an angel, I reply And hide the crushed emotions, and the tears in my eyes Why'd she change her job, didn't she like you and me? She loved us both, but god needed her, you see? I don't understand daddy, but we need her too Now I don't have an answer, and don't know what to do I'm empty, heart's bleeding, and have to be a daddy too VII. Hatred I hate you for what you've done I hate you for what you've taken from me Took my love, my life, my friends And destroyed it all, till I can't see Because I'm blinded by hurt, and blinded by hate I want to kill you, and seal your fate Remove you from the gene pool, and the human race If it would just give me a moment to see my loved one's face VIII. Requiem Sacred space, hallowed ground Wreckage removed, not a sound Except for the wind, and the tears of the living Ashes and concrete, so unforgiving Dance of the souls, in the September air A moment of silence for a day of despair Hole in the ground, and holes in the heart Tears of remembrance for the lives that did part Lives that were special to a wife, a child, a dad, a mother It could have been a friend of yours, it could have been my brother Will we ever find our closure, will we ever find our peace? Will we learn to cherish what we have, will we remember the deceased? Reflecting on the day's events, I write and start to cry As I think of all the pain that fills our heart's empty sky 09/11-09/13 2002 © 2002 MTG publishing. All rights reserved. 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