On the beginning of that September day <br />Our flag was wailing in the wind <br />As we were to celebrate another day of our freedom <br />Many lives were going to change forever <br />In the most despicable, vile way <br />Invaders came from the Middle East <br />And offered to die to carry on a mission so radical <br />Planes with terrorists’ came to the Twin Towers <br />As people looked on from their televisions <br />Pure shock was shown of their faces <br />As the Twin Towers collapsed <br />Screams of devastation could be heard <br />As firefighters risked their lives to save others <br />Love ones were lost and some of them perished <br />They were our friends and family, and now they were gone <br />Tears dripped down the faces of many people <br />As we mourned together <br />We were able to deal with this great loss <br />But as we are all are of diverse ethnic groups <br />We held our hands up together <br />And prayed <br />As we have been united since this horrible time <br />There are still many pieces to put together <br />This was the day our heroes were born <br />All the firefighters and the people in the armed forces who defend freedom everyday <br />To you the terrorists we’re just a country you despise <br />But when you decided to attack us it wasn’t smart <br />Your mission did not succeed <br />What you tried to take from us is still in our grasp <br />The freedom that each American has worked earn <br />As our captain communicated with us <br />He was trying to destroy our apprehensiveness <br />Evidently we were trying not to burst into tears <br />Many people remember that day as September 11th <br />But I remember that day as Tears of Tragedy <br />For United we Stand Divided we fall <br />Many of us are still grieving or still angry <br />But what occurred that September day could never be changed<br /><br />Nicholas Oifoh<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tears-of-tragedy/
