Where were you?

They always ask where you were,

When things happened that changed the world.

I never know how to explain,

For most of those things I was a little girl.

I wasn’t of an age quiet yet,

That I would really wonder why.

Clinton had a scandal,

And we all lost Princess Di.

These things didn’t mean a lot to me

I could not process big news yet.

But somehow I could quote all of Friends

Including jokes that I did not get.

We started exploring Mars

And had the Gulf War

But things like Toy Story’s release

Are the things I remember more.

But one morning I awoke

To watch our usual shows.

Only to see a plane hit a building,

And watching it explode.

I flicked the channel over again

But it was on that one too.

“This movie stinks,” I cried.

As I tied my school shoe.

Off I went to school,

Annoyed I has missed my cartoon hour.

But soon found out

That it was the real twin towers.

Every newspaper, magazine and tv

Showed this for many days

This is the first time I really remember

And how it affected in many ways.

I do remember other events

But nothing to this scale.

Diana’s death has made me sad

But this day made me wail.

So many went off to work

Kissed their kids goodbye

Thinking there were off to the office

Not on their way to die.

Seeing people jump from high

Because it was a better way to go.

Is a memory that fills my brain

About pain I’ll never know.

Who knew a day could change

So much about how you feel.

I could no longer hide in movies

Because this world was real.