Everyone has a Sept 11th Story here
I watched the disaster from the bus
coming into Manhattan to work
and the glass separated us
from the fire and the ash but not from fear
and people on phones were saying war.
It was, but later and we were the fire
but none of us wanted anyone to be hurt
and we helped each other, running, crying,
looking for our loved ones and a way home
walking with people we met only today
barefoot on a path that seemed forever.
I found my children at the sitter in the Bronx
watching the disaster through TV glass
as a repeating loop they never forget
in a world that never seems safe
no matter how we try to justify or remake it.
–Sept 11, 2012
J.J.Brown Author Blog 
Thank you for sharing you lived experience of 911 with us. Even those of us in the far west felt/still feel it’s impact and you’re right, our lives will never, ever be the same, never be completely fear-free again.
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Victoria it must have reached all across the country and the world, such a shock to our lives changing what we thought of as possible. Thank you for the visit and comments here.
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Oh the cycles that spin from never forget and what we endure when pain is made political
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The families who lived through it mostly hoped for peace, it remains a hope today.
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Thank you Joachim for the kind words and sharing your thoughts on this difficult day.
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yeah you got the feel of the day…it was a bit surreal the whole thing and you read a bit of my story at dverse tonight…it shook the camera we view the world through a bit…it is intersting seeing it through all the different perspectives though…
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dVerse got me going, a long while since I wrote poems – a great place to be on a day when sharing thoughts helps make sense out of the memory. Thanks for sharing your story at dVerse with the poets.
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Lovely thoughts from someone much closer to the event than me. Yet, you are right. We will always remember, no matter where we live, we felt the impact from a different point of view; somber painful memories.
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The wide coverage made it seem close to so many of us. Thanks for the visit and sharing your impressions here Rich.
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