Sunday, September 11, 2011

september 11

it hardly matters where i was
to anyone else
what matters is that this day
ten years ago,
i looked at a television
and could not believe my eyes.

what i remember after:
the stories of papers and ash

and anguish

when will we stop hating each other?

13 comments:

  1. when we start to love each other perhaps?

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  2. i watched the planes hit and the towers fall from my office window. it was a strange ride home. i am glad though, that i came away without hate. it has to stop somewhere.

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  3. Drove by a group of 20 or so women and men on my drive to Maine this summer, Farmington. All the women + the 3 men were clearly past 5o. All in the group wore black t-shirts with large white letters proclaiming:
    "WOMEN IN BLACK AGAINST WAR".
    Perhaps a different logo, perhaps:
    "WOMEN IN BLACK FOR PEACE"
    would be less antagonistic.
    And that is what we need:
    less antagonism and lots more peace.

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  4. oh, jude--
    c, i love that shirt, your version.

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  5. Aesop's fable about the sun and the wind comes to mind. It's a whole lot easier to win someone around to your way of thinking with warmth and friendliness than by trying to blow their coat off...

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  6. when we learn to respect, learn from and celebrate one anothers differences

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  7. V- about all we can do is begin the peace within ourselves and hope it spreads a little. B

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  8. i, or their brains out...
    j & b, true, and teach peace

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  9. As Barry says all we can do is begin within ourselves. Your photograph is a beacon of hope.

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  10. r, you're right, we need many beacons.

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