September 11

beautiful

I don't like it. I don't feel good about it. I'm not sure I'm really understanding what you are trying to relay in this poetic piece. Maybe it is my frame of mind at the moment. I'll come back to it again.

Blessings ~
Rene

Rene, poetry and art are generally left to the reader/viewer's imagination. I'm trying to promote a message of universal mourning, that Sep. 11 is one of many events of our own downfall, and that God is forever sad because of our actions. We need to understand and to love...

Okay I'll stop talking now. Sleep deprived overly tired writers do not write clear comments.

That was really touching. I don't think I'll ever truly get passed it.

It is indeed a day that all will mourn for the rest of our lives. Sadly, this type of murder and destruction happens frequently in the middle east. I'm sure God weeps, but still does not interfere with free will.

September 11th was surely the most tragic event that most of us have ever witnessed in our lives. I am sure it has effected everyone in every country to some extent.

Truely a moment to read and learn !!!

Touching, I still remember that day crystal clear, but I have unfortunate tendency to remember the bad things. This piece definitely tells a story.

Well written, insightful commentary.

Thanks for writing and sharing this.

Peace --

This is a tale that needs to be told over and over again and you did it very well here Ylanne.

May I add my own here? (If not, you may remove it)

We Need To Rebuild The Towers
© Robert C Burnham
written 09-11-2002
a tribute to 09-11-2001

We need to rebuild the towers
Each step to bear a name
One hundred and ten stories tall
3000 souls, laying claim

We need to rebuild the towers
To let our children see
That even in the darkest of hours
Freedom can still declare victory

We need to rebuild the towers
For the girl on the 84th floor
Whose mother burns a candle in the window
Though her daughter comes home no more

We need to rebuild the towers
For the young son from the womb
Who will probably never understand
Why his mother had no groom

We need to rebuild the towers
For Joey the brave fireman
Who rushed up into the cauldron
Never to be heard from again

We need to rebuild the towers
That's the only right thing to do
It's the most honest way, that we can say
To the victims: "We Honor You"

We need to rebuild the towers
And make them beacons of light
So they can join Ms.Liberty in proclaiming
We cherish our right to life

We need to rebuild the towers
Beneath God's watchful stare
Blessing each corner-stone and girder
And demonstrate that he is welcomed there

We need to rebuild the towers
That's all I have to say
To present a testimony worthy enough
And to always remember that day.

Very moving. Thank you for sharing that. I don't think any of us will ever forget it.

I keep trying to understand it...

Presumably these "terrorists" who crashed the planes were angry and that's why they did it... Presumably they were angry because their own people, somewhere at sometime, were suffering (or had suffered) and dying (or had died) -- because they just couldn't be angry enough about anything LESS than that to do what they did, right? -- and they blame the United States for it...

But, the act, itself, caused MORE of their people to suffer and die (the "pilots") and then caused OTHER innocent people to suffer and die, as well...

I don't understand how anyone could feel that, by perpetrating the same horrible act as was done to them, they come out being any better than the people they already blame for that same horrible kind of act... I keep trying to understand it but the issue is too contradictory -- to contrary -- to make any sense to me...

Jean, many people do, the most blatant example is the Death Penalty. Many families of victims (although not all) and many members of law enforcement (again not all) support the death penalty. How can two wrongs make a right?

During the Crusades the slogan among the so-called Christian knights was "God wills it!" they were talking about the slaughter of the Muslims in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Osama bin Laden tells his people it is God's will that America be destroyed. So we have a Pope (whose name escapes me, and I'm too lazy to look it up) who declares all who join the Crusades automatically go to heaven, and bin Laden declaring all who die martyrs while killing Americans automatically go to heaven. Kind of makes you think.

People will believe anything...The terrorists are not just angry, they are afraid, just the same as we are. We are all human....Jean, I am writing a serial called the Finale, the first two parts are posted on Gather and I'm writing the third now (it will be many many many more). It deals almost exclusively with the topics of God, terrorism, love, and hatred. I try to answer some hard questions. I try to promote understanding.

But I'm just human too and we all fail in the end.

While 9/11 didn't affect me personally, (I lost no loved ones in that tragedy), I wept many times that day as I thought of not only the thousands that lost their lives, but also of the millions that were afffected because they had lost a mom, or a dad, or a brother, or a sister, or a son, or a daughter, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, friends. I bet God was sad or crying as that happened.

Would that we all could walk in another's footsteps just for a brief moment, understanding would come. Seems to me, humanity keeps on making the same mistakes over and over again because they fail to see the real truth...that we are all one swimming in the eye of our creator.

Hmmm ... I guess we look at what happens from two different positions. I get the feeling that God is a defeated god from this poem. That He is sad but cannot do anything about the tragedy.
I just read one of your other articles and like the way you think about life in general. About love and open mindedness; about seeing and hearing people. I like your writing so
I wasn't going to comment then decided I would put down a thought or two for all to consider along with your own.
The very last line is worded beautifully; but I think it important for us to realize that this creation isn't a lost cause or out of control. There is a wonderful plan being carried out. Rom 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. (Thought that important)NAS
He was with each of those terrorists as they learned to fly. He was with them as they went to bed...and got up. He was there when each ticket was purchased. When husbands and wives kissed goodbye that morning. He kept some home from work that day. He is sovereign. He was in control. He let it happen. He had His purpose.
I probably misread you but wanted to offer this statement of what the Bible says. Of course many don't go by the New Testament, but there are many verses in OT. Somewhere in Amos it says "Does calamity occur in the city and has not the Lord God done it?" Proverbs says "A die is thrown into the lap ... but it's every decision is from the Lord." Psalm 75 "...It is God who judges; He brings one down, He exalts another."
Our beliefs may go hand in hand in this area Ylanne ... I just didn't pick it up in the poem. I can declare Him sovereign. But if anyone asked me "Why 911" I do not know. I don't think we know the 'why' of most things. But we know what kind of a God He is so we can trust His purpose.

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Beautiful and wise

Very well put together. I love the idea that it was all three of us that made this happen. I wish that those that lost their lives would forever be remembered. This Memorial Day let's not only rememer the soldiers but lets remember our fallen hereos also.

Thanks for writing a masterpiece. Thanks for the great information this article imparted unto me. Thanks. Have a great Memorial Day ! !

(drily) I wouldn't LOVE the idea of it being all three of our faults, but I believe it's true....

Thank you for sharing.

I will never forget that day ever. It happened on my birthday, it was a horrible, horrible day.

very beautiful

You have created a very moving poem around an event that was an unspeakable tragedy. It takes a lot to do that, and I admire you for it.

Please, let's remember the nineteen hijackers whose lives were lost too.

Char, Allah is simply the Arabic word for God. When I write about Islam or terrorism, I tend to use the two interchangeably.

What many will do in the name of God....it is sickening, disturbing, and most of all, frightening.

The 19 hijackers were victims too. I do not condone what they did in any way shape or form, but their deaths were great losses too.

Hello Ylanne Kai'asfah Sorrows (Fugitive from Society Hate & Gov't),

I just wanted to say I am finally going through what is now under 6,400 pieces of gather new mail that is in my inbox on here. So with that in mind I have finally come to a piece of mail that was addressed to me in regards this article submission you have created to share with the gather community. Thank you for taking the time and sharing your piece with us here at gather. :o)