9/11

Does it feel like 12 years have passed
Since that terrible day

I remember the shock of hearing the news
rushing to find a television and witnessing
The towers smoking and alight with flame.

Those brave firefighters rushing into the towers
as people rushed out.

The whole of New York coated with white ash
as the buildings burned on.

The whole world mourned those lost
and we still remember them
all these years later
with eyes glistening with tears.

We will not forget.