September 11, 2002

911

i've watched
as they laid each memory down
covered in love, moist by their tears
i've wondered did they see the face they clung to
hear the voice that sang peacefulness into their lonely ears
were they lost like so many nights before
or could they find it in their hearts
to see something other then the evil in the darkness

did they really make it home
to the places they had built, in skies made of gold
or did they find themselves in the fields
upon the same cold ground as they lived
surprised to see that it's all just as they thought
that no one really lives forever

but maybe some do
by the faith in their hearts
determined to be with the ones that they love
and who are we to say
that love can’t conquer anything
making impossibilities reality
and children of us all

before - after