PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

Did you see the flames

The ash so thick that it blinded you

Did you watch the mothers scream for their children

The ones buried in the rubble

Did you hear the frantic phone calls

Goodbyes to loved ones

Did you see the young couple hold hands

As they jumped 90 floors to their death's

Did you spend a moment in silence

As you watched the horror unfold

Did you sob at the thought

Of the hundreds of rescuers buried alive

Did you think of the brave who overthrew their attackers Knowing that they'd die saving more lives

Did you gape as newcasters had no words to describe

What they had seen

Did you care enough to donate live-giving blood

To the people who would die without it

Did you hear of the blind man lead 78 floors

To safety by his seeing-eye dog

Did you hear of the two who disregarded the danger

And carried a wheelchair bound women for an hour

Did you think that somehow these innocents deserved it

I heard the stories of cheering on the streets

How could people turn their face

From pain like this

Take a moment in memory

Take a thousand minutes