i wrote this on my blog, and wished to share it with you. it's sad and it's raw, but i consider a lot of you my online family and hope you can appreciate the words behind it. and of course, that we will always remember.
in remembrance
almost five years later, it still stings, still burns as if it were yesterday.
i still see the black plumes rising from my vantage point in the east campus highrise.
watching Inside 911 (www.inside911.com) on the national geographic channel, i am reminded of the evil, the conflict that has been and seemingly will always be in this world. i struggle to understand how any religion or belief system could advocate the wanton killing of another human being, no matter their race, their creed, their ideals.
the images are seared into my skull: the planes slamming into the Towers (11 and 175), into the Pentagon (77), and the fourth grounded in a Pennsylvanian field (93).
i can recall with crystal clarity the perpetual numbness of that day, the outrage of the nation, and particularly the catatonic state of new yorkers. we were united in our shock. we were united in our pain.
on a day where the world witnessed greatest evil, the only solace that can be taken is in the bravery and courage of those on flight 93 who prevented a fourth catastrophe; the only comfort to be found is in seeing that, in a time of extraordinary turmoil, the american spirit banded together when called upon by complete strangers.
their deaths deserve eternal remembrance.
almost five years later, it still stings, still burns as if it were yesterday.
to this day i cannot hear the phrase 9/11 without a great sadness welling up inside me, a sorrow so deep it cuts to my bones. even as i write this tears creep into my eyes. may the innocent souls of those departed find a peace that outweighs the fear of their last moments on earth.
and always on impulse, i simultaneously wish that the souls of the perpetrators burn in the deepest circle of their hell.
but tonight, i changed my mind. there is enough hate, enough vitriol coursing through mankind's veins. the cycle must, needs, to end somewhere, so let it end with me.
may you find the errors of your ways in your afterlife. may you find forgiveness from those lives you so wrongly took.
and may the rest of us never forget that day.
in remembrance, 9-11-2001.
in remembrance
almost five years later, it still stings, still burns as if it were yesterday.
i still see the black plumes rising from my vantage point in the east campus highrise.
watching Inside 911 (www.inside911.com) on the national geographic channel, i am reminded of the evil, the conflict that has been and seemingly will always be in this world. i struggle to understand how any religion or belief system could advocate the wanton killing of another human being, no matter their race, their creed, their ideals.
the images are seared into my skull: the planes slamming into the Towers (11 and 175), into the Pentagon (77), and the fourth grounded in a Pennsylvanian field (93).
i can recall with crystal clarity the perpetual numbness of that day, the outrage of the nation, and particularly the catatonic state of new yorkers. we were united in our shock. we were united in our pain.
on a day where the world witnessed greatest evil, the only solace that can be taken is in the bravery and courage of those on flight 93 who prevented a fourth catastrophe; the only comfort to be found is in seeing that, in a time of extraordinary turmoil, the american spirit banded together when called upon by complete strangers.
their deaths deserve eternal remembrance.
almost five years later, it still stings, still burns as if it were yesterday.
to this day i cannot hear the phrase 9/11 without a great sadness welling up inside me, a sorrow so deep it cuts to my bones. even as i write this tears creep into my eyes. may the innocent souls of those departed find a peace that outweighs the fear of their last moments on earth.
and always on impulse, i simultaneously wish that the souls of the perpetrators burn in the deepest circle of their hell.
but tonight, i changed my mind. there is enough hate, enough vitriol coursing through mankind's veins. the cycle must, needs, to end somewhere, so let it end with me.
may you find the errors of your ways in your afterlife. may you find forgiveness from those lives you so wrongly took.
and may the rest of us never forget that day.
in remembrance, 9-11-2001.
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