Poem- "One Future"

I wrote this back in the day.. in all seriousness, it is kind of old for me, but I still like it so i'll share it with you. It doesn't rhyme much, for that I am deeply sorry.. but it's not that type of poem, really. I wrote it in tribute to 911.

The sun rises and looks upon a broken Earth,

Rays glance off the shattered faces

Of the scores of lost souls

Searching for things that can never be found.

Where once there was laughter, silence now reigns.

Echos of sorrow and death pierce the minds

Of those who chance to wander here

Searching for loved ones who now can't be found.

All that remains of the once great and powerful city,

A maze of concrete and twisted steel

Reaching up and tearing a sky

That crashes down with malice, scorching dead ground.

A blackened sore on a blackening platen,

The ruins stand tribute to all that has passed.

The blood and tears of falling angels

 Drift down over the scene, then sink into cold ground.

This horror caused by men, fueled by greed and hatred,

This punishment for our sins;

It could have been avoided.

But the chance has passed by, now everything is gone.

It's too late for most, but some go on living,

They decide it's time to move on.

The last remaining people leave this dead city

Hoping to find new life, now everyone has gone.

Wandering aimlessly down winding roads,

No one knows where they are headed.

It seems that nothing has survived

They're all that is left of our small dying world.

But amid all this blackness, a small green bud grows,

It explodes into pedals of color...

Even where death is life can still grow,

It can still start over on our undying world.