It was a late summer morning
when the world changed forever.
Images of unexpected horror
from our greatest city,
dispelling our national sense
of moral, technological invulnerability.
Only our eldest could remember
the feeling of shocked violation
when an enemy struck directly
at us in our own territory.
Four crashed airliners,
two collapsed towers,
like a suspense-thriller scenario
starring Dirk Pitt or Jack Ryan,
but all too real the terror.
No longer could we say
terrorists were something
that only attacked others.
From that day onward,
every weaponized immigrant,
every school shooting,
every act of mass murder
leapt full-formed into possibility.
Never again would we be
the innocent dreamers
of our Forefathers' Dream.
Now, the Tree of Liberty
was watered with our life's blood,
and we weren't sure
we liked the price we paid.
About the Creator
Ruben Willis
I am a published poet, father, gamer, aspiring full-time writer, husband and caregiver. Clearly, never enough free time. :p
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